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Nickel-iron

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Nickel-iron, etc.

Sikhote-Alin meteorite, Paseka, Krasnoarmeysky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia

Nickel-iron, etc.

Sikhote-Alin meteorite, Paseka, Krasnoarmeysky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia

Nickel-iron, etc.

Tsarev meteorite, Pallasovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia

Nickel-iron, etc.

Sikhote-Alin meteorite, Paseka, Krasnoarmeysky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia

Nickel-iron, etc.

Sikhote-Alin meteorite, Paseka, Krasnoarmeysky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia

Nickel-iron, etc.

Tsarev meteorite, Pallasovsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia

Nickel-iron, etc.

Sikhote-Alin meteorite, Paseka, Krasnoarmeysky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia

Nickel-iron, etc.

Sikhote-Alin meteorite, Paseka, Krasnoarmeysky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia

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About Nickel-ironHide

Name:

Taken from the composition

Dana 7 gave this species name to the series of face centred cubic nickel iron alloys with an iron content ranging from 0 to 75%. It encompassed the high nickel terrestrials: Awaruite, Josephinite, Souesite, and Bobrovkite; as well as the low nickel meteorites: Edmonsonite, Taenite, and the mixture Plessite. Contemporary usage breaks the series into low nickel Taenite, high nickel Awaruite, and nearly pure Nickel.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

11420

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:11420:2

GUID
(UUID V4):

805bcaa1-41de-42a5-b922-3e29f2cd25ae

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

2 photos of Nickel-iron associated with Kamacite	(Fe,Ni)
2 photos of Nickel-iron associated with Taenite	(Fe,Ni)
1 photo of Nickel-iron associated with Fayalite-Forsterite Series
1 photo of Nickel-iron associated with Hypersthene	(Mg,Fe)SiO₃

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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References for Nickel-ironHide

Reference List:

Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.pp.117-118

Localities for Nickel-ironHide

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- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Algeria
Bordj Badji Mokhtar Province Bordj Badji Mokhtar District Bordj Badji Mokhtar ⓘ Ilafegh 009 meteorite	Bischoff, A., Palme, H., Geiger, T. & Spettel, B. (1992) Mineralogy and Chemistry of the EL-Chondritic Melt Rock Ilafegh-009 (Abstract): LPSC XXIII: page 105. (March 1992) McCoy, T. J. et al. (1995) Origin and history of impact-melt rocks of enstatite chondrite parentage: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 59 (1): 161-175. (Feb 1995)

Antarctica
Eastern Antarctica Buckley Island quadrangle Lewis Cliff ⓘ Lewis Cliff 86010 meteorite	Delaney, J. S. & Sutton, S. R. (1988) Lewis Cliff 86010, an ADORable Antarctican: Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XIX: p. 265. (March 1988)
Pecora Escarpment LaPaz Ice Field ⓘ LaPaz Ice Field 02225 meteorite	Satterwhite, C. & Righter, K. [eds.] (2004) Petrographic Descriptions. Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 27(1), pp. 8, 16. (Feb 2004) Izawa, M. R. M., King, P. L., Flemming, R. L., Peterson, R. C. & McCausland, P. J. A. (2010) Mineralogical and spectroscopic investigation of enstatite chondrites by X-ray diffraction and infrared reflectance spectroscopy. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 115 (E7): 18 pages. (July 2010)
Queen Maud Land Queen Fabiola Mts ⓘ Yamato 82189 meteorite	Lin, Y. & Kimura, M. (1998) Petrographic and mineralogical study of new EH melt rocks and a new enstatite chondrite grouplet: Meteoritics & Planetary Science 33(3): 501-511. (May 1998)
Victoria Land Allan Hills ⓘ Allan Hills A77257 meteorite	Score, R., Schwarz, C. M., King, T. V. V., Mason, H., Bogard, D. D. & Gabel, E. M. (1981) Antarctic Meteorite Descriptions: 1976-1977-1978-1979. Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 4 (1), JSC, Houston. (Feb 1981)
ⓘ Allan Hills A77307 meteorite	Brian Mason (1978) Antarctic Meteorite Data Sheet, ALHA77397: Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 1 (3). (Nov 1978)
Queen Alexandra Range ⓘ Queen Alexandra Range 94204 meteorite	Enstatite Calcite, Clinoenstatite, Cristobalite, Daubréelite, Goethite, Gypsum, Nickel-iron, Plagioclase, Kamacite, Schreibersite , Troilite Score, R. & Lindstrom, M. [eds](1996) Petrographic Descriptions: Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter 19 (1). (Feb 1996) Weisberg, M. K., Prinz, M. & Nehru, C. E. (1997) QUE 94204 - an EH-chondritic melt rock (Conference Paper): Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXVIII, pdf#1358: 525-526. (March 1997) van Niekerk, D., Keil, K. & Humayan, M. (2014) Petrogenesis of anomalous Queen Alexandra Range enstatite meteorites and their relation to enstatite chondrites, primitive enstatite achondrites, and aubrites: Meteoritics & Planetary Science 49 (3): 295-312. (March 2014)

Australia
South Australia Flinders Ranges South Flinders Ranges Brachina ⓘ Brachina meteorite	Nehru, C. E., Prinz, M., Delaney, J. S., Dreibus, G., Palme, H., Spettel, B. & Waenke, H. (1983) Brachina - a new type of meteorite, not a chassignite. Journal of Geophysical Research, Supplement. vol. 88: pp. B237-B244. (Nov 1983)

Azerbaijan
Aghjabadi District Hindarx ⓘ Indarch meteorite	rruff.geo.arizona.edu (n.d.) http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/roedderite.pdf. *Pekov, Igor V. (1998) Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Pictures, Moscow. 369pp.*

Brazil
Rio de Janeiro Angra dos Reis Ilha Grande ⓘ Angra dos Reis meteorite	Prinz, M., Keil, K., Hlava, P. F., Berkely, J. L., Gomes, C. B. & Curvello, W. S. (1977) Studies of Brazilian meteorites. III - Origin and history of the Angra DOS Reis achondrite: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 35 (2): 317-330. (June 1977)

Canada
Québec Estrie Les Sources RCM Val-des-Sources ⓘ Jeffrey Mine	179-181. GRICE, J.D. (1989) The Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec: The Western World's Largest Asbestos Deposit. In: Famous Mineral Localities of Canada. Published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited & the National Museum of Natural Sciences, 190 pages: 115-123
Yukon Whitehorse mining district Carcross Tagish Lake ⓘ Tagish Lake meteorite	Zolensky, T., Nakamura, K. & Gounelle,M., Mikouchi,T., Tachikawa. O. & Tonui E. (2002). Phyllosilicate-rich Micrometeorites and Their Origins: Implication from Comparison of Mineralogy of Tagish Lake: An ungrouped type 2 carbonaceous Chondrite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 37(5), 737-761. (May 2002.)

Chile
Antofagasta Antofagasta Province Taltal ⓘ Catalina 037 Meteorite	www.lpi.usra.edu (2010) http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php

Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia Münster Steinfurt Ibbenbüren ⓘ Ibbenbüren meteorite	Gooley, R. & Moore, C. B. ( 1976) Native metal in diogenite meteorites: American Mineralogist 61 (5/6, Part I): 373-378. (May-June 1976)

India
Madhya Pradesh Jabalpur Division Chhindwara District ⓘ Semarkona meteorite	Jones, R. H. (1990) Petrology and Petrology of Type II, FeO-rich chondrules in Semarkona (LL3.0). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 54 (6), 1985-1802. (June 1990)

Italy
Marche Macerata Province Pollenza ⓘ Monte Milone meteorite	Maras, A., Levi-Donati, G.R., and Sighinolfi, G.P. (1979) Studies of Italian Meteorites: Mineralogy, Texture and Chemistry of the Monte Milone, Macerata, Shower. Meteoritics, 14, 482.

Kenya
Laikipia County ⓘ Rumuruti meteorite	Schulze, H. & Otto, J. (1993) Rumuruti: A New Carlisle Lakes-type Chondrite, Meteoritics 28 (3): 433. (July 1993)

Northwest Africa Meteorites
ⓘ Northwest Africa 2086 meteorite (NWA 2086)	Fintor, K., Walter, H. & Nagy, Sz. (2013) Petrographic and Micro-Raman Analysis of Chondrules and (Ca, Al)-Rich Inclusions of NWA 2086 CV3 Type Carbonaceous Chondrite: Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XLIV. LPI Contribution No. 1719, p.1152. (March 2013)
ⓘ Northwest Africa 6828 meteorite (NWA 6828)	(n.d.)
ⓘ Northwest Africa 7058 meteorite (NWA 7058)	www.lpi.usra.edu (2010) http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php

Oman
Dhofar Governorate ⓘ Dhofar 301 Lunar meteorite (Dho 301)	Russell, S. S., Zipfel, J., Grossman, J. N., & Grady, M. M. (2002). The meteoritical bulletin, no. 86, 2002 July. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 37(S5), A157-A184.

South Sudan
Upper Nile Malakal ⓘ Malakal meteorite	El Rabaa, S.M., Daminova, A.M., Dyakonova, M.P., Kvasha, L.G., Levskiy, L.K., and Fisenko, A.V. [Эль Рабаа, С.М., Даминова, А.М.,. Дьяконова, М.П., Кваша, Л.Г., Левский, Л.К., и Фисенко, А.В.] (1974) Results of a study of the Malakal chondrite (Sudan) [Результаты исследования хондрита Malakal (Судан)]. Meteoritika [Метеоритика], 33, 83-89 (in Russian).

Spain
Andalusia Granada Colomera ⓘ Colomera meteorite	www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/mb78.html
Aragon Huesca Isábena Roda de Isábena ⓘ Roda meteorite	Gooley, R. & Moore, C. B. ( 1976) Native metal in diogenite meteorites: American Mineralogist 61 (5/6, Part I): 373-378. (May-June 1976)

Switzerland
Fribourg See (Lac) Ulmiz ⓘ Ulmiz meteorite	Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Verlag Wepf & Co. (Basel), p. 500
Grisons Plessur Region Arosa Langwies ⓘ Langwies meteorite	Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Verlag Wepf & Co. (Basel), p. 500

UK
Wales Gwynedd Clynnog ⓘ Pontlyfni meteorite	Benedix, G. K., McCoy, T. J., Keil, K., Bogard, D. D. & Garrison, D. H. (1998) A petrologic and isotopic study of winonaites: evidence for early partial melting, brecciation, and metamorphism. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 62 (14): 2535-2553. (July 1998)

Ukraine
Zakarpattia Oblast Rakhiv Raion Kvasy ⓘ Borkut meteorite	Keidel, W. (1965): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 11, 487-506

USA
Arizona Coconino County Flagstaff Elden Mountain ⓘ Elden meteorite (Mount Elden meteorite)	Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of AZ, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 153: 10.
Winona ⓘ Winona meteorite	Mason, B. & Jarosewich, E. (1967) The Winona meteorite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 31 (6): 1097-1099. (June 1967) Floss, C., Crozaz, G., Jolliff, B., Benedix, G. & Colton, S. (2008) Evolution of the winonaite parent body: Clues from silicate mineral trace element distributions. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 43 (4): 657-674. (April 2008)
California Del Norte County Klamath Mountains ⓘ South Fork Smith River	*Palache, Charles, Berman, Harry, Frondel, Clifford (1944) The System of Mineralogy* (7th ed.) Vol. 1 - Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, New York.**
Kern County San Emigdio Mountains ⓘ San Emigdio meteorite	Merrill, George Perkins (1888), On a new meteorite from the San Emigdio Range, San Bernardino County, California: American Journal of Science, 3rd. series: 35: 490-491
San Bernardino County Shadow Valley Valley Wells (Rosalie; Valley Wells Ranch) ⓘ Valley Wells meteorite	Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 60. Reeds, Chester Albert (1937), Catalog of meteorites: American Museum of Natural History Bulletin 73, Art. 6: 633-634 Coulson, A.L. (1940), Catalogue of meteorites: Geological Survey Of India Memoirs 75: 220. eonard, Frederick Charles (1944), The identity of the Windmill Station with that of the “Valley Wells”, California aerolite fall: Contributions of the Society for Research on Meteorites: 3: 174-175 *Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.*
Colorado Kit Carson County ⓘ Bethune meteorite	Mason, B. H. (1966). The Enstatite Chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 30, 23-30. (Jan 1966).
Kansas Sheridan County Township of West Saline ⓘ Saline Township meteorite (Saline meteorite)	Farrington, Oliver C., Catalogue of the meteorites of North America, to January 1, 1909.
Maine Hancock County Blue Hill - Castine Mining District Castine ⓘ Castine meteorite	www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/minerals/sites/mar99.htm
Nebraska Cass County Eagle ⓘ Eagle meteorite	Olsen, E. J., Huss, G. I. & Jarosewich, E. . (1988) The Eagle, Nebraska enstatite chondrite (EL6). Meteoritics 23(4): 379-380. (Dec 1988)
New Mexico Roosevelt County ⓘ Kenna meteorite	John L. Berkley, H. G. Brown, Klaus Keil, N. L. Carter, J.-C C. Mercier & Gary Huss (1976). The Kenna ureilite: An ultramafic rock with evidence for igneous, metamorphic and shock origin. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 40: 1429-1437.
New York Rockland County Harriman State Park Grape Swamp Mountain ⓘ ~~Nickel Mine (Bulson lot)~~	Lenik, E.J. (1996) Iron Mine Trails (New York-New Jersey Trail Conference)
Oklahoma Caddo County ⓘ Caddo County meteorite	Conference Paper, 28th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, p. 409.

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