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Nickel-iron

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Canyon Diablo meteorite, Meteor Crater and vicinity, Winslow, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA
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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.

Classification of Nickel-iron

Explanation of status:Late 20th century mineralogy suggests more than one species per series and since the low nickel members were extraterrestial and high nickel members were terrestrial, the split seemed natural and the species name for the series abandoned. Now the series has three valid species: Taenite, Awaruite, and Nickel
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Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Nickel-iron

Reference List:Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 834pp.: 117-118.

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    Localities for Nickel-iron

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    Azerbaijan
     
    • Naxçıvan (Naxcivan; Nakhichevan) District
      • Shusha
    		http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/roedderite.pdf.; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
    Oman
     
    • Dhofar (Al Janubiyah) Province
    Spain
     
    • Andalusia
      • Granada
    		www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/mb78.html
    Switzerland
     
    • Fribourg (Freiburg)
      • Ulmiz
    		Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Verlag Wepf & Co. (Basel), p. 500
    • Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden)
      • Plessur Valley
        • Langwies
    		Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Verlag Wepf & Co. (Basel), p. 500
    Ukraine
     
    • Zakarpat'ska Oblast'
      • Rakhivs’kiy rayon
        • Kvasy
    		Keidel, W. (1965): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 11, 487-506
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Coconino Co.
        • Flagstaff
          • Elden Mountain area
    		Galbraith, F.W. (1947), Minerals of AZ, AZ Bur. Mines Bull. 153: 10.
    • California
      • Del Norte Co.
    		Dana 7:118
    • Maine
      • Hancock Co.
        • Castine
    		www.maine.gov/doc/nrimc/mgs/explore/minerals/sites/mar99.htm
    • New York
      • Rockland Co.
        • Harriman State Park
          • Grape Swamp Mountain
    		Lenik, E.J. (1996) Iron Mine Trails (New York-New Jersey Trail Conference)
    • Oklahoma
      • Caddo Co.
    • Texas
      • Fort Bend Co.
    		www.meteorites.com.au
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