| 1. | Such meteorites are extremely fragile, compared to the more common stony meteorites.
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| 2. | The Pultusk meteorite is the largest stony meteorite shower ever recorded.
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| 3. | In 1969, the Edjudina Stony Meteorite was discovered on Edjudina Station.
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| 4. | High Possil is a stony meteorite, classified as an plagioclase feldspar and diopside.
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| 5. | On June 30, 1908, a stony meteorite hit near the Tunguska River in Siberia.
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| 6. | Most meteorites are stony meteorites, classed as chondrites and achondrites.
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| 7. | Melosh says stony meteorites generally cause less damage because they often break up in the atmosphere.
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| 8. | Benoit and his associates have analyzed many meteorites, including stony meteorites called carbonaceous chondrites that contain carbon compounds.
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| 9. | The composition of these asteroids is similar to a variety of stony meteorites which share similar spectral characteristics.
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| 10. | To this day, few stony meteorites are reported each year that can be considered to be " accidental " finds.
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