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Formation of Particles/Planetesimals

• Refractory minerals: Minerals that condense at high temperatures (1600K - 2000K)

Allende Meteroite

• A carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that landed in Allende, Mexico on 8 February, 1969

• Carbonaceous Chondrite: carbon-rich meteorites that have not been heated since formation

• Contained inclusions of high-temperature refractory minerals earliest condensed material

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