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Taenite from
Canyon Diablo meteorite, Meteor Crater area, Coconino County, Arizona, USA


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Taenite
Formula:(Fe,Ni)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kamacite8 photos of Taenite associated with Kamacite at this locality.
Iron6 photos of Taenite associated with Iron at this locality.
IAB-MG iron meteorite2 photos of Taenite associated with IAB-MG iron meteorite at this locality.
Troilite2 photos of Taenite associated with Troilite at this locality.
Plessite1 photo of Taenite associated with Plessite at this locality.
Cohenite1 photo of Taenite associated with Cohenite at this locality.
Graphite1 photo of Taenite associated with Graphite at this locality.
Schreibersite1 photo of Taenite associated with Schreibersite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Taenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Canyon Diablo meteorite, Meteor Crater area, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:160566
Long-form Identifier:1:3:160566:2
GUID (UUID V4):743a0397-9b6a-4d18-abea-28a6a7607894
Nearest other occurrences of Taenite
3.7km (2.3 miles) Coon Butte meteorite, Coconino County, Arizona, USA
71.6km (44.5 miles) Clover Springs meteorite, Clover Springs, Gila County, Arizona, USA
77.8km (48.3 miles) Holbrook meteorite, Holbrook, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
particles within impactite from Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona WXLLFAM R. KELLY, EDWARD HOLDSWORTH and...Center for Meteorite Studies and Department of Chemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 86281,...of 25 metallio spheroidsfrom BarringerMeteorite Crater have been carried out for Fe, Ni, Co and Cu. In...the spheroids compared to analyses of the bulk meteorite. The Co/Ni and Cu/Ni ratios in the spheroids are...are close to the respective ratios in the bulk meteorite. This suggests that the spheroidswere formed by
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and projectile-bearing ejecta at Barringer Crater, Arizona Gordon R. Osinski a,b,∗ , Ted E. Bunch c ,...Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article...Keywords: impact cratering impact melting glass iron meteorite carbonate melts a b s t r a c t Our understanding...impactgenerated melt phases within ejecta at Barringer Crater, Arizona, one of the first impact craters on Earth to...underwent melting during the formation of Barringer Crater. We propose that the melting of dolomite produces
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
in U.S.A. + .MJ Compositional range in the Canyon Diablo meteoroid JOHN T. WASSON”’ and XINWEIOUYANG’...University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA *Department of Earth and Space Sciences and Department...University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA (Received January 23, 1990; accepted in revised form...in the IAB Canyon Diablo meteorites associated with the formation of Meteor Crater, Arizona, ranges from...the study of additional specimens: those from the crater rim are particularly important since these are
Catalog/List
Front Cover: Gibeon mask — an incomparable iron meteorite (see lot 49079, page 62) Above: Foreground —...— the largest complete slice of the Abee meteorite (see lot 49116, page 90) Background — close-up of immense...alike. Meteorites are named after the closest city, county or geological feature in proximity to the place...solar system. It has been hypothesized that a meteorite not only led to the demise of the dinosaurs (providing...amino acids have been discovered in an Australian meteorite. How rare are meteorites? The entire mass of all
Book (edition)
found in Arizona. In the twelve years since then 61 more minerals have been reported from Arizona, a number...change. This checklist is an effort to bring the Arizona mineral list up to date. Of the 61 minerals added...locality being in Arizona. They are: bechererite from the Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa County; ca1cioaravaipaite...Grand Reef mine, Graham County; carmichaelite from Gamet Ridge, Apache County; shannonite from the Grand...Grand Reef mine, Graham County; wupatkiite from near Gray Mountain, Coconino County, and grandviewite from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elements in meteorites Table 2. Ga&m content8 of meteorite% as detewbined by GOLDSCHMIDT mu8 PETERS [l] probably...careful quantitative study of the distribuIron Canyon Diablo 5 Iroil Xiquipilco 10 tion of a number of elements... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canyon Diablo Cranbourne . . . . . Cape York . . . . . Xiqnipilco...viously studied in iron meteorites by GOLD1 Canyon Diablo og-egg SCHMIDT and PETERS [l], 16 0 Of Bethany...independent runs made on pieces of the Canyon Diablo meteorite with the following results: 7.07, 7.12
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of rim and plains specimens of the Caiion Diablo meteorite* CARLETON B. MOORE, PAMELA JOST BIXRELL and...F. LEWIS Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona (Received2 May 1967;...Ca on Diablo meteorite. These investigations indicated that the volume per cent of the taenite plus plessitephase...obtained for the components showing diffemnoes were: taenite plus pleseite, ‘%im” 3.98 and “plGns” l-53 vol...Diamonds were found only in the “rim” samples. Diablo ootahedrite has a.lways been of great interest
Book (edition)
to the Geology of Barringer Meteorite Crater, Arizona (a k a Meteor Crater) Second Edition Prepared by...to illuminate the world’s best preserved impact crater, our efforts to use this worldclass geologic site...programs, and data relevant to the analysis of the crater. The background image was taken by the author....the Field Training and Research Program at Meteor Crater was taken by teaching assistant Josh Garber...of images showing different perspectives of the crater are, from left to right, LPI’s colorized version
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Research Center, Moffett Field, California Cometary meteor records commonly indicate a reduction of mass density...a fragmentation theory as an explanation. Many meteor records indicate the converse. While fragmentation...The Mechanical and Thermal Alteration of Iron Meteorite Structures H. J. AXON, Department of Metallurgy...rates require the parent meteorite bodies to be very much larger than known meteorite falls and it is necessary...in size. This nickel-iron, extracted from the meteorite and cleaned from adhering material, shows some
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VOL 50, MAY_JUNE, 1965 SPHEROIDS FROM METEOR CRATER, ARIZONA' CvNrura W. Mnel, Jexnr LrrrrBn ANDE....composition of metaliic spheroids from Meteor Crater, Arizona, were studied in detail. The spheroidal...powder patterns of this pink mineral from the Meteor Crater spheroids are also iclentical to that of schreibersite...glasscoating on the spheroidsindicate that the Meteor Crater spheroidsprobably condensed from a vapor or...or melt produced during impact of the meteorite. The range in nickel content in the kamacite of the Philippine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
has been performed using a sphere of the iron meteorite Campo del Cielo as projectile accelerated to 4...recently discovered Kamil crater (Egypt; D’Orazio et al. 2011), Wabar crater (Saudi Arabia; Mittlefehldt...even the Meteor  The Meteoritical Society, 2013. Crater 1.2 km in diameter (Arizona, USA; Mittlefehldt...melted, disseminated residues in impact breccias and crater floor fractures. At larger craters, the nature of...and projectile materials. Most authors describe crater dimensions, such as size, depth, and shape, as
Catalog/List
visible for months ; and they may be the source of meteor showers. Though a comet might have a 100,000,000...Tunguska " meteorite" in Siberia in 1908, was perhaps the explosive vaporization of a comet. Meteor Crater...near Winslow, Arizona may have resulted from comet impact. In the case of Meteor Crater, the nucleus was...volatile ices", but also of octahedrite type iron meteorite . Due to the abla tion of comet nuclei as they...orbit and these fragments rain on the earth during meteor showers which occur when the Earth intersects the
Book (volume)
References PUBLISH ED FOR THE CENTER FOR METEORITE STUDIES, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY BY THE UNIVERSITY OF...Poems, London,l803 PREFACE The Center for Meteorite Studies is pleased to have the opportunity to...the Center for Meteorite Studies is proud to acknowledge the year he spent at Arizona State University...teaching about the meteorites in the Nininger Meteorite Collection. This set of books is the most comprehensive... Foremost certainly as far as the Center for Meteorite Studies is concerned is Herbert G. Fales whose
Book (edition)
MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA • Wu!fenite. Red Cloud mine, Si/County, Arizona...Tucson .. The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, r982, 1995 Arizona Board of Regents All rights...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona/ John W. Anthony ... [et al.]; Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals-Arizona. I. Anthony, John W (John Williams), 1920-. QE375...HISTORY OF ARIZONA MINING AND MINERALOGY The Prehistoric Period 20 Arizona Under Spanish Rule Arizona as a
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fig. 4. Of the remaining particles six contain taenite, two consist of metal-troilite intergrowths, Fig...the metal. PARTICLES CONTAINING TAENITE Six particles contain taenite. One from breccia 66055 contains...contains a single rounded taenite grain (16% Ni), while in another numerous small grains are present (average...temperature. In one particle from soil sample 65701, taenite (38% Ni) occurs as a rim around a kamacite grain...PARTIAL MELTING OF IRON METEORITES A heated iron meteorite melts first at interfaces between kamacite, troilite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Uganda for providing samples of the Soroti meteorite; Dr. Clifford Frondel of Harvard College and ...University for the loan of samples of the Pittsburgh meteorite; Dr. Gunard Kullerud [of the Carnegie Institute... California, Meteorite Plates 1-9 While deer hunting west of Goose Lake, Modoc County, Calif. Oat....object that proved to be the fourth largest iron meteorite thus far reported from this country. The U. S...neglected to discuss the The description of this meteorite and cavities would be incomplete. its cavities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
exsolved phases (taenite and plessite). Measurements on two IAB iron meteorites (Canyon Diablo and Odessa)...depleted. We suggest that, in the case of kamacite, taenite and plessite, the controlling mechanism is ionic...within the Canyon Diablo IAB meteorite are interpreted as a melt fraction from the iron meteorite. Abundance...PGERe between Ni-poor (kamacite) and Ni-rich (taenite and plessite) exsolution phases, which result from...inclusions which are found within the Canyon Diablo meteorite. The relevance of this study is to examine
Book
obtain a panorama of the scope and substance of meteorite research. I endeavored to remedy this situation...not exhaustively discussed—the great upsurge in meteorite research along many new lines in recent years...and conservation of meteoritic material. Every meteorite is to some degree unique; and meteorites, unlike...I not been favored bv the curatorship of the meteorite collection of The American Museum of Natural History...Natural History Museum, the Nininger Meteorite Collection (Arizona State University, Tempe), and the British
Catalog/List
collected specifically for French museums. However, the area of ore concentration was so heavily mineralized...large rich area (3.1 x 1.1 cm) on malachite and digenite matrix (6.1 x 7.2 cm). Vuggy area (1 x 1 cm)...that the kasolite crystals are perched on a large area (5 x 2 cm) of heterogenite pseudomorphs of needle-curite...Interest METEORITES RARE - METEORITE SLABS! STONEY-IRONS Odessa, Ector County, Texas Beaver, Oklahoma...Widmanstatten figures are composed of kamacite and taenite.) One exceptional slice is available which shows
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California, USA 3Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute...relatively small craters such as the Sikhote Alin crater field (Krinov 1966). Beyond the observation that...link composition of extraterrestrial bodies to crater formation. In the case of a major impact, where...impact spherules or within and adjacent to the crater as discrete particles or sheets of melt glass....are 247 © Meteoritical Society, 2004. Printed in USA. 248 A. Kearsley et al. relatively vulnerable
Book (edition)
OF ARIZONA Wulfenite. Red Cloud mine, Silver district, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona. Smithsonian...by Ed Over. Chip Clark photo. MINERALOGY OF ARIZONA THIRD EDITION W. Anthony Joh n Sidney A. Williams...of Arizona Press / Tucson The University of Arizona Press Copyright © 1977, 1982, 1995 Arizona Board...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mineralogy of Arizona / John W. Anthony . . [et al.] ;Wendell E. Wilson...0-8165-1555-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Minerals—Arizona. QE375-5-A6M56 I. Anthony, John W. (John Williams)
Book
METEORITICS H . H . Nininger DIRECTOR , AMERICAN METEORITE MUSEUM The University of Denver Press Science...among which should be mentioned the University of Arizona , the Denver Museum of Natural History , the Department...family for granting to him free access to the Arizona Crater and their surrounding properties . Many important...important facts herein recorded about the crater could not have been discovered without this generosity...AND METEORITES TYPICAL FALLS METEORS THE GREAT METEOR OF MARCH 24 , 1933 SOUND FROM PASSING METEORS FIREBALL
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
and cube-octahedra of lonsdaleite in the Canyon Diablo meteorite are pseudomorphs after cl&or&e, not diamond...diamond and cliftonite together in the Canyon Diablo meteorite (CARTERand KENNEDY, 1964). The arguments...cohenite-schreibersite rim of large nodules in Canyon Diablo and Toluca. These spherulites are mostly round...represent a small fraction of the total carbon in the meteorite. (2) As dense aggregates of cliftonite in the...Smithville, and Toluca (MASON,1962) ; Odessa and Canyon Diablo (EL GORESY,1965); El Taco (Camp0 de1 Cielo)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Massachusetts 01003, USA 2 Carl Zeiss NTS, LLC, One Corporation Way, Peabody, Massachusetts 01960, USA 3 Hawaii Institute...University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA 4 Materials Characterization Department, Sandia National...Box 5800, MS 0886, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, USA 5 Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum...Institution, Washington, District of Columbia 20560, USA * Corresponding author. E-mail: jiyang@ecs.umass...700–750 C, so that kamacite was recrystallized and taenite was exsolved in kamacite and was spheroidized in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Oxide from The Wolf Creek, Western Australia, Meteorite Crater REED KNOX, Jr. 444 Woodbine Avenue, Narberth...apparent lack of surviving taenite tentatively suggests that the Wolf Creek crater was formed by a hexahedrite...have recently been found within 4000 meters of the crater. Macrosegregation of nickel within the Wolf Creek...oxide masses was recovered from the Wolf Creek crater by a National Geographic Society expedition to...thought to have come from inside the rim of the crater, was kindly presented to me by Dr. Mason when I
 
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