Taenite from
Aletai meteorite, Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Locality type:

Meteorite Fall Location

Classification

Species:

Taenite

Formula:

(Fe,Ni)

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

ⓘ1 photo of Taenite associated with Schreibersite at this locality.

ⓘ1 photo of Taenite associated with Kamacite at this locality.

Data

Mineral Data:

Locality Data:

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

706549

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:706549:1

GUID (UUID V4):

9debd394-bf7c-4f9d-a07f-d9f2dbce3672

References

Lin Xu, Bingkui Miao, Yangting Lin, and Ziyuan Ouyang (2008): Meteoritics & Planetary Science 43(8), 1263-1273

Reference Search (possible matching items)

	*Breen, John P., Rubin, Alan E., Wasson, John T. (2016) Variations in impact effects among IIIE iron meteorites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 51 (9) 1611-1631 doi:10.1111/maps.12685*	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	pre-existing Widmanst€atten pattern), spheroidized taenite microprecipitates, and shock-melted troilite. Some...690), Armanty (a specimen of the Aletai meteorite, also known as Xinjiang) (UCLA TK 303), Cachiyuyal (ME...features of the sulfide inclusions vary from one meteorite to another; no sulfide was found in the available...a 3 9 12 lm schreibersite grain and a 4 9 5 lm taenite grain. Buchwald (1975) did not find any sulfide...gray) as well as kamacite (kam, medium gray) and taenite (tn, light gray). b) NWA 4704 (moderately shocked)