Locality type:

Meteorite Fall Location

Classification

Species:

Formula:

(Fe,Ni)

Comments:

Kamacite is shock-hardened and decorated with minute phosphide precipitates.

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

Locality Data:

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

918909

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:918909:6

GUID (UUID V4):

ebd01b21-ae4a-4cc1-9122-e664f0f6197d

References

Buchwald, Vagn F. (1975) Handbook of Iron Meteorites - Their History, Distribution, Composition and Structure. University of California Press.

evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu (2018) http://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10524/35874/vol3-Ri-Ro(LO)pdf#page=14

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	*Mason, Brian (1971) Handbook of Elemental Abundances in Meteorites. Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, New York.*	Book
	minerals TABLE 1 The common minerals of meteorites Kamacite Taenite Troilite Olivine Orthopyroxene* Pigeonite...minerals are quartz and aluminosilicates; the common meteorite minerals are anhydrous, whereas hydrated minerals...Octahedrites (32) Ni-rich ataxites (1) ' Kamacite Kamacite, taenite Taenite * Sometimes subdivided into...actual extraterrestrial abundances; irons dominate meteorite finds, since they are resistant to weathering...at least as very unusual objects). Over 80% of meteorite falls are chondrites, and over 90% of these belong

Kamacite from Kayakent meteorite, Günyüzü District, Eskişehir Province, Turkey