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Kamacite

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Gibeon meteorite, Great Namaqualand, Hardap Region, Namibia
© Marco Barsanti

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Formula:
(Fe,Ni)
System:IsometricColour:Grey
Lustre:MetallicHardness:4
Name:From the Greek "kamask" meaning "shaft" or "lath".
A variety of Iron

A nickel-rich variety of iron.
The principle constituent of a typical octahedrite meteorite with about 92% iron and 7% nickel.

Compare also taenite.

Classification of Kamacite

Strunz 8th edition ID:1/A.07-20
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:1.AE.05

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
A : Metals and Intermetallic Alloys
E : Iron-chromium family
Dana 7th edition ID:1.1.17.3
Dana 8th edition ID:1.1.11.1

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
1 : Metals, other than the Platinum Group
Hey's CIM Ref.:1.62

1 : Elements and Alloys (including the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au)
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Physical Properties of Kamacite

Lustre:Metallic
Colour:Grey
Streak:Grey
Hardness (Mohs):4

Crystallography of Kamacite

Crystal System:Isometric
Cell Parameters:a = 2.86Å
Unit Cell Volume:V 23.39 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Kamacite

Type:Isotropic

Chemical Properties of Kamacite

Formula:
(Fe,Ni)
Essential elements:Fe
All elements listed in formula:Fe, Ni
Common Impurities:Co,C,P,S

Relationship of Kamacite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
1.AE.05Molybdenum
Mo
1.AE.05Chromium
Cr
1.AE.05Iron
Fe
1.AE.05Tungsten
W
1.AE.05UM2001-06-E:CrFeNi
Fe
 
7
Cr
 
2
Ni
1.AE.10Taenite
(Fe,Ni)
1.AE.10Tetrataenite
FeNi
1.AE.10Antitaenite
Fe
 
3
Ni
1.AE.15Chromferide
Fe
 
3
Cr
 
1-x
 (x=0.6)
1.AE.15Ferchromide
Cr
 
1.5
Fe
 
0.5-x
1.AE.15Wairauite
CoFe
1.AE.20Awaruite
Ni
 
3
Fe
1.AE.25Jedwabite
Fe
 
7
(Ta,Nb)
 
3
1.AE.30Manganese
Mn
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
1.1Copper
Cu
1.2Silver
Ag
1.5Gold
Au
1.6Auricupride
Cu
 
3
Au
1.7Tetra-auricupride
AuCu
1.8Zinc
Zn
1.9Cadmium
Cd
1.10Danbaite
CuZn
 
2
1.11Zhanghengite
CuZn
1.12Mercury
Hg
1.13Kolymite
Cu
 
7
Hg
 
6
1.14Moschellandsbergite
Ag
 
2
Hg
 
3
1.15Eugenite
Ag
 
11
Hg
 
2
1.16Schachnerite
Ag
 
1.1
Hg
 
0.9
1.17Paraschachnerite
Ag
 
3
Hg
 
2
1.18Luanheite
Ag
 
3
Hg
1.19Weishanite
(Au,Ag)
 
3
Hg
 
2
1.20Indium
In
1.21Aluminium
Al
1.22Khatyrkite
(Cu,Zn)Al
 
2
1.23Cupalite
(Cu,Zn)Al
1.24Diamond
C
1.25Graphite
C
1.26Chaoite
C
1.27Lonsdaleite
C
1.28Silicon
Si
1.29Tin
Sn
1.30Lead
Pb
1.31Anyuiite
Au(Pb,Sb)
 
2
1.31Novodneprite
AuPb
 
3
1.32Leadamalgam
HgPb
 
2
1.33Arsenic
As
1.34Arsenolamprite
As
1.35Paxite
CuAs
 
2
1.36Koutekite
Cu
 
5
As
 
2
1.37Domeykite
Cu
 
3
As
1.38Algodonite
(Cu
 
1-x
As
 
x
)
1.39Novakite
Cu
 
20
AgAs
 
10
1.40Kutinaite
Cu
 
2
AgAs
1.41Antimony
Sb
1.42Stibarsen
AsSb
1.43Paradocrasite
Sb
 
3
As
1.44Horsfordite
1.45Cuprostibite
Cu
 
2
(Sb,Tl)
1.46Allargentum
(Ag
 
1-x
Sb
 
x
)
1.47Aurostibite
AuSb
 
2
1.48Dyscrasite
Ag
 
3
Sb
1.49Bismuth
Bi
1.50Maldonite
Au
 
2
Bi
1.51Sulphur
S
 
8
1.52Rosickýite
S
1.53Selenium
Se
1.54Tellurium
Te
1.55Chromium
Cr
1.56Rhenium
Re
1.57Iron
Fe
1.58Chromferide
Fe
 
3
Cr
 
1-x
 (x=0.6)
1.59Ferchromide
Cr
 
1.5
Fe
 
0.5-x
1.60Wairauite
CoFe
1.61Nickel
Ni
1.63Taenite
(Fe,Ni)
1.64Tetrataenite
FeNi
1.65Awaruite
Ni
 
3
Fe
1.66Palladium
(Pd,Pt)
1.67Potarite
PdHg
1.68Paolovite
Pd
 
2
Sn
1.69Stannopalladinite
(Pd,Cu)
 
3
Sn
 
2
1.70Cabriite
Pd
 
2
SnCu
1.71Taimyrite
(Pd,Cu,Pt)
 
3
Sn
1.72Atokite
(Pd,Pt)
 
3
Sn
1.73Rustenburgite
(Pt,Pd)
 
3
Sn
1.74Zvyagintsevite
(Pd,Pt,Au)
 
3
(Pb,Sn)
1.75Plumbopalladinite
Pd
 
3
Pb
 
2
1.76Osmium
(Os,Ir,Ru)
1.77Iridium
(Ir,Os,Ru)
1.82Platinum
Pt
1.83Hongshiite
PtCu
1.84Niggliite
PtSn
1.85Isoferroplatinum
Pt
 
3
Fe
1.86Tetraferroplatinum
PtFe
1.87Tulameenite
Pt
 
2
CuFe
1.88Ferronickelplatinum
Pt
 
2
FeNi
1.89Rhodium
(Rh,Pt)
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping):

- +
1.1.17.1Iron
Fe
1.1.17.2Nickel
Ni
1.1.17.4Taenite
(Fe,Ni)
1.1.17.5Tetrataenite
FeNi
1.1.17.6Awaruite
Ni
 
3
Fe
1.1.17.6Hexaferrum
(Fe,Os,Ru,Ir)

Other Names for Kamacite

Other Languages:
German:Balkeneisen
Kamacit
Spanish:Kamacita

Other Information

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 Kamacite

Reference List:Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta: 29: 535-549.

Buchwald (1975), Handbook of iron meteorites, I-III.

Clark (1993): 350.

Burke, Ernest A.J. (2007) A Mass Discreditation of GQN Minerals. Canadian Mineralogist: 44(6): 1557-1560.

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    Localities for Kamacite

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    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Antarctica
     
    • Eastern Antarctica
      • Transantarctic Mts
        • Wisconsin Range
          • Graves Nunataks Meteorites
    		Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 70, Issue 2, 15 January 2006, Pages 516-531
      • Victoria Land
        • Allan Hills
    		bersite, troilite, daubreelite, and djerfisherite
    Meteoritical Bulletin, 84 (Aug. 2000)
    Argentina
     
    • Chaco
      • Gran Chaco
    		Bunch, T.E., Keil, K., and Olsen, E. (1970): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 25, 297-340.
    • Santa Cruz
      • Laguna Manantiales
    Australia
     
    • Northern Territory
      • Gardiner Range
        • Alice Springs
          • Henbury Cattle Station
    		1. Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 1957, v.11, No 4, 263-278, B литературе не описан.
    • Queensland
      • South Gregory
        • Tenham Station
    		Excalibur Minerals CATALOG #20506 - Vol. XXXII, No. 6
    • South Australia
      • Olary Province
        • Weekeroo Station
    		Bunch, T.E., Keil, K., and Olsen, E. (1970): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 25, 297-340.
    • Western Australia
      • Gascoyne District
    		Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 84:149-152, 2001
      • North Haig
        • Sleeper Camp
    		Am Min 67:126-131
    Azerbaijan
     
    • Naxçıvan (Naxcivan; Nakhichevan) District
      • Shusha
    		American Mineralogist, Volume 93, pages 902–909, 2008
    Bolivia
     
    • Potosí Department
      • Nor Lípez Province
        • Ollague
    		Anthony, J. W. et al. (1997): Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. 3, 44
    Brazil
     
    • Northeast Region
      • Bahia
        • Quijingue
    		www.igc.usp.br/museu/artigos05.htm.
    • South Region
      • Santa Catarina
        • São Francisco do Sul
    Canada
     
    • Alberta
      • Abee
    • New Brunswick
      • Carleton Co.
        • Benton
    		www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2001/pdf/5301.pdf.
    • Québec
      • Montérégie
        • Pierre-De Saurel RCM
          • Saint-Robert
    		http://castaing.eps.mcgill.ca/meteoriteposter/poster.html.
    • Saskatchewan
      • Springwater
    		http://miac.uqac.ca/MIAC/iron.htm
    • Yukon Territory
      • Whitehorse Mining District
        • Carcross
          • Tagish Lake
    		Lunar and Planetary Science XXXII (2001)
    China
     
    • Anhui Province
      • Chaohu Prefecture
        • Lujiang Co.
    		http://scholar.ilib.cn/Abstract.aspx?A=kwxb199903011
    • Guangdong Province
      • Shaoguan Prefecture
        • Wengyuan Co.
    		M. Chen and X. Xie, Eur. J. Mineral. , 1996, 8, pp. 325-333.
    • Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
      • Hechi Prefecture
        • Nandan Co.
          • Lihu - Yaochai area
    		No reference listed
    • Hebei Province
      • Chengde Prefecture
        • Yan Mts (Yan Shan)
    		http://www.chiemgau-impact.com/footnotes.html
    • Hubei Province
      • Suizhou Prefecture
        • Zengdu District
          • Dayanpo
    		Xie Xiande, Shu Jinfu, and Chen Ming (2005): Science in China, Series D (Earth Sciences), 48(6), 815-821.
    • Jiangsu Province
      • Taizhou Prefecture
        • Taizhou City
          • Sixiangkou
    		Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 1373
    • Shaanxi Province
      • Hanzhong Prefecture
        • Ningqiang Co.
    		Xin, H., Eisenhour, D.D., and Buseck, P.R. (1995): Meteoritics 30(1), 106-109.
    Czech Republic
     
    • Moravia (Mähren; Maehren)
      • Moravia-Silesia Region
        • Frýdek-Místek
          • Moravka
    		Borovička, J., Weber, H. W., Jopek, T., Jakeš, P., Brown, P. G., ReVelle, D. O., Kalenda, P., Schultz, L., Kučera, J., Haloda, J., Týcová, P., Frýda, J., Brandstätter, F. (2003): The Morávka meteorite fall. 3. Meteoriod initial size, history, structure, and composition. Meteoritics, 38, 1005-1021.
    Egypt
     
    • Western Desert
    Estonia
     
    • Viljandi Co.
      • Vohma
        • Pillistfer
    Germany
     
    • Bavaria
      • Swabia
        • Allgäu
          • Füssen
    		G. Simon et al. : "The Meteorite Neuschwanstein", 5th International Conference "Mineralogy & Museums", Paris, Sept. 5-8th 2004, Bull. de Liaison de la Soc. Franç. de Minéralogie et Cristallographie, 2004, Vol 16, N°2.
    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Münsterland
        • Velen
    		http://www.arn-meteorites.com/MET_R.HTM
    Greenland
     
    • Kitaa (West Greenland) Province
      • Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island)
        • Uivfaq (Ovifak)
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    Hungary
     
    • Somogy Co.
      • Somogyi Hills
        • Kaposfüred
    		Szakáll-Gatter-Szendrei:Mineral Species of Hungary,2005
        • Mike
    		Szakáll-Gatter-Szendrei:Mineral Species of Hungary,2005
    • Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg Co.
      • Great Hungarian Plain
        • Kisvarsány
    		Szakáll-Gatter-Szendrei:Mineral Species of Hungary,2005
    • Veszprém Co.
      • Bakony Mts.
        • Nagyvázsony
    		Szakáll & Gatter: Hun. Min. Spec., 1993
    India
     
    • Rajasthan (Rajputana)
    • Uttar Pradesh
    		Lauretta, Dante S., Peter R. Buseck, and Thomas J. Zega (2001) Opaque minerals in the matrix of the Bishunpur (LL3.1) chondrite: constraints on the chondrule formation environment. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 65(8)(15 April 2001): 1337-1353.
    Italy
     
    • Emilia-Romagna
      • Ferrara Province
    		Abreau & Brearley in Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40(4): 1 (2005)
    • Marche
      • Ascoli Piceno province
    		G.Cevolani (1998): Unusual aspects of the Fermo meteorite: composition and structure. Meteroids 1998, editors: W. J. Baggaley and V. Porubcan. Proceedings of the International Conference held at Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia, August 17-21, 1998. Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, 1999., p.391
    Japan
     
    • Honshu Island
      • Chubu Region
        • Ishikawa Prefecture
          • Neagari
            • Taisei
    		Ishiwatari, A. et al. (1995) Chikyu Kagaku, 49, no. 3, 179-182.
    Kazakhstan
     
    • Pavlodar Oblysy (Pavlodar [Pavlodarskaya] Oblast')
    		http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~campbell/Abstracts/Fremdlinge_preprint.pdf.
    Mexico
     
    • Mexico
      • Jiquipilco (Xiquipilco)
    		Bunch, T.E., Keil, K., and Olsen, E. (1970): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 25, 297-340.
    Morocco
     
    • Meknès-Tafilalet Region
      • Er Rachidia Province
        • Erfoud (Erfud)
    		V. Moggi-Cecchi et al., 2005
    Namibia
     
    • Hardap Region
      • Great Namaqualand
    • Otjozondjupa Region
      • Grootfontein District
        • Grootfontein
    		CanRockhound v.4, n.2
    New Zealand
     
    • North Island
      • Wairarapa
    		Mineralogical Magazine 1962 33 : 73-85.
    Niger
     
    • Benue River
    		Bunch, T.E., Keil, K., and Olsen, E. (1970): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 25, 297-340.
    Norway
     
    • Nordland
      • Nesna
        • Nord-Sjona
          • Pollen
    		Wolff, F. C.(1963): Pollen- meteoritten. et nytt funn av meteoritt i Norge. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 223, 359-363
    • Østfold
      • Moss
    		J. Grossman, USGS; G. MacPherson, SI; L. Chizmadia, UHaw; A. Rubin, UCLA
    Oman
     
    • Sayh al Uhaymir
    		The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 87
    Poland
     
    • Mazowieckie
      • Pultusk
    		www.geo.uw.edu.pl/MUZEUM/METEORITE/pultusk_a.htm.
    • Wielkopolskie
      • Poznan
    		B. Cervelle et al. , Bull. Soc. Fr. Minéral. , 1974, 97, pp. 40-47.
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug
        • Taimyr Peninsula
          • Khatanga
            • Malaya Romanikha River
    		P.M. Kartashov data
      • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
        • Yeniseisk Autonomous Oblast'
          • Kuznetsk Alatau Range
            • Mrassa river
    		P.M. Kartashov data
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Magadanskaya Oblast'
    		Meteoritical Bulletin
      • Primorskiy Kray
        • Sikhote-Alin Mts
          • Paseka village
    		O. Richard Norton “ Rocks From Space “ - Mountain Press - 1998
    • North-Western Region
      • Ryazanskaya Oblast'
        • Kasimov District
    		Excalibur Minerals; Pekov, I.V. et al (2007) European Journal of Mineralogy, 19, 891-898.
    Saudi Arabia
     
    • Rub' al-Khali
    		Meteoritics, Vol. 17, p.179
    Slovakia
     
    • Prešov Region
      • Ľubovnianská vrchovina Mts
        • Lenartov
    		Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590
    • Žilina Region
      • Oravská Magura Mts
        • Námestovo
          • Slanica
    		Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590k
    Sweden
     
    • Norrbotten
      • Pajala
        • Kitkiöjärvi
    Switzerland
     
    • Bern
      • Emme Valley
        • Langnau
    		Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Verlag Wepf & Co. (Basel), p. 500
      • Twann
    		Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Verlag Wepf & Co. (Basel), p. 500
      • Utzenstorf
    		Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Verlag Wepf & Co. (Basel), p. 500
    • Fribourg (Freiburg)
      • Tafers
    		Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Verlag Wepf & Co. (Basel), p. 500
    • Vaud (Waadt)
      • Oron-la-Ville
        • Châtillens
    		Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Verlag Wepf & Co. (Basel), p. 500
      • Sainte-Croix
    		Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Verlag Wepf & Co. (Basel), p. 500
    The Moon
     
    Mokhov A.V., Kartashov P.M., Bogatikov O.A. (2007) Moon under a microscope, - Moscow, Nauka, p.128 (in Rus.).
    • Station 9 (Apollo 15 Base)
    		Meteoritical Bulletin, 81: July 1997
    UK
     
    • England
      • Leicestershire
        • Barwell
    		Mineralogical Magazine 1966 35 : 881-902
    Ukraine
     
    • Nikolajev (Nikolayev; Nikolaev; Mykolayiv) Oblast'
    		Semenenko, V.P. and A.L. Girich (1994) Mineralogy of a fragment in the unique graphite-containing Krymka chondrite (LL3): MM: 59: 396-443. www.minersoc.org/pages/Archive-MM/Volume_59/59-396-443.pdf
    USA
     
    • Alabama
      • Cleburne Co.
        • Chulafinnee
    		Mineralogy of Alabama Geol Surv Ala. Bull 120
    • Alaska
      • Nome Borough
        • Seward Peninsula
    		www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF2/200.html
    • Arizona
      • Coconino Co.
        • Winslow
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 403; Gigl, P.D. & F. Dachille (1968), Effect of pressure and temperature on the reversal transitions of stishovite, Meteorites: 4: 123-136; Mead, C., et al (1965), Metallic spheroids from Meteor Crater, AZ, Am.Min.: 50: 667-681.
          • Meteor Crater and vicinity
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 154, 176.; Space Science Reviews, Volume 14, Issue 6, pp.758-831
      • Mohave Co.
        • Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range)
          • White Hills
      • Pima Co.
        • Santa Rita Mts
          • Greaterville District
            • Box Canyon
    		t: Bunch, T.E. and L.H. Fuchs (1969) A new mineral: brezinaite, Cr3S4, and the Tucson meteorite. Amer. Mineral., 54, 1509–1518.
    • Arkansas
      • Izard Co.
        • Calico Rock
    • California
      • Butte Co.
        • Feather River
          • Oroville
    		Farrington, Oliver Cummings (1915), Catalogue of the meteorites of North America to January 1, 1909: National Academy of Sciences Memorandum 13: 16; Scott, E.R.D., Wasson, J.T. and Buchwald, V.F. (1973) The chemical classification of iron meteorites, VII. A reinvestigation of irons with Ge concentrations between 25 and 80 ppm. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1957; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 57.
      • Inyo Co.
        • Owens Valley
    		Merrill, George Perkins (1922), A meteoric iron from Owens Valley, California: Nat. Acad. Sci. Mem. 19 4th. Mem, 7 pp.: 1-7; Goldstein, J.I. and Short, J.M. (1967) The iron meteorites, their thermal history and parent bodies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 31: 1743; Goldstein, J.I. (1969) The classification of iron meteorites. In: P.M. Millman (Editor), Meteorite Research, D. Reidel, Dordecht-Holland: 734; Scott, E.R.D., Wasson, J.T. and Buchwald, V.F. (1973) The chemical classification of iron meteorites, VII. A reinvestigation of irons with Ge concentrations between 25 and 80 ppm. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1957; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 58.
      • Kern Co.
        • Edwards Air Force Base
          • Muroc Dry Lake
    		Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 58.
        • Rosamond
    		Whitney, W.T. (1941), A recently discovered aerolite from Rosamond Dry Lake, California: Popular Astronomy: 49: 291; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 59.
      • Los Angeles Co.
        • Antelope Valley
          • Neenach District
    		Leonard, Frederick Charles & Robert M. Norris (1953), Preliminary note on the Neenach, Los Angeles County, California, aerolite: Meteoritics: 1: 28; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 59.
      • Riverside Co.
        • Pinto Mts
    		La Paz, Lincoln (1955), A preliminary report on the Pinto Mountains, Riverside County, California, chondrite (CN=1161, 337): Meteorites: 1: 295-299; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 59.
      • San Bernardino Co.
        • Old Woman Mts
          • Essex
    		Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 61.
        • Ridgecrest
          • Spangler Hills
    		Humiston, Lee E. (1963), A preliminary report on the Ridgecrest, California, meteorite, a new aerolite (C-1176,356): Meteorites: 2: 50-51; Leonard, Frederick Charles (1963), Further remarks on the Ridgecrest, California, aerolite (CB – 1176,356): Meteoritics: 2: 52-53; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 61.
        • Turtle Mts
    		Wasson, J.T. and Kimberlin, J. (1969) The Needles (California) iron meteorite. Meteoritics: 4: 233-239; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 61.
    • Georgia
      • Chattooga Co.
    		Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
      • Cherokee Co.
        • Canton
    		Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
    Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
      • Emanuel Co.
    		Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
      • Henry Co.
    		Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
      • Jenkins Co.
    		Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
      • Oglethorpe Co.
    		Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
      • Paulding Co.
    		Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
      • Pickens Co.
    		Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
      • Polk Co.
    		Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
        • Cedartown
    		Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
      • Pulaski Co.
    		Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
      • Putnam Co.
    		Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
      • Union Co.
    		Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
      • Walton Co.
    		Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
      • Whitfield Co.
        • Dalton
    		Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences GGWRD Bull 92
      • Wilcox Co.
    		Bunch, T.E., Keil, K., and Olsen, E. (1970): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 25, 297-340.
    • Illinois
      • Jo Daviess Co.
        • Woodbine
    		Mineralogical Magazine 1967 36 : 120-126
    • Iowa
      • Emmet Co.
      • Johnson Co.
    		Meteoritics, vol. 10, Mar. 30, 1975, p. 67-74.
    • Kansas
      • Decatur Co.
    		Workshop on Parent-Body and Nebular Modification of Chondritic Materials 4038.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/chondrite/pdf/4038.pdf
      • Kiowa Co.
        • Kimberly farm
      • McPherson Co.
      • Norton Co.
    		Am Min 67:132-136
    • Kentucky
      • Kenton Co.
    		Zapiski Vseross. Mineral. Obshch. (1999) 128/3, 64-72 (in russian)
      • Nelson Co.
        • Cox's Creek
    		http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/622.htm
    • Michigan
      • Osceola Co.
        • Reed City
    		www.rasny.org/V4P89-91.HTM
    • Missouri
      • Bates Co.
    		Min Rec 31:4 p383-372; Britvin S N, Kolomensky V D, Boldyreva M M, Bogdanova A N, Kretser Y L, Boldyreva O N, Rudashesky N S (1999) Nickelphosphide (Ni, Fe)3P, the nickel analog of schreibersite, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 128, issue 3 64-72
      • St. Genevieve Co.
    • Nevada
      • Churchill Co.
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Clark Co.
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
      • Nye Co.
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
    • New Mexico
      • Colfax Co.
    		NMGS Spec Pub 6
      • Roosevelt Co.
    		Moon and the Planets, vol. 20, May 1979, p. 251-263, 265-279.
        • Portales
    		Lunar and Planetary Science XXX
    Leonard S.Wiener and Sigrid Ballew,1995, Updated by Kenny Gay,2006, A Listing Of North Carolina Minerals,Geologic Note No.4
    • North Dakota
      • Grant Co.
        • New Leipzig
    • Ohio
      • Auglaize Co.
        • Kossuth
    		www.ohiodnr.com/geosurvey/pdf/spring97.pdf.
      • Clark Co.
        • Springfield
    		Bunch, T.E., Keil, K., and Olsen, E. (1970): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 25, 297-340.
    • Oregon
      • Clackamas Co.
        • West Linn
    • Pennsylvania
      • Adams Co.
        • Mount Joy Township
    		www.amnh.org
      • Lycoming Co.
        • Bald Eagle Mountain
    		www.rasny.org/baldeagl.htm
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne Co.
      • De Kalb Co.
        • Smithville
      • Overton Co.
    		Am Min (1948) 33:639-641
    • Texas
      • Castro Co.
        • Dimmitt
      • Ector Co.
        • Odessa
    		LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE XIII, P. 393-394. Abstract.; Meteoritics (ISSN 0026-1114), vol. 23, June 1988, p. 107-112. ; J. I. Goldstein THE DISTRIBUTION OF Ge IN THE METALLIC PHASES OF SOME IRON METEORITES GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER; Meteoritics, Vol. 17, p.256
        • Penwell
    		www.meteorlab.com; Meteoritics, Vol. 17, p.256; Meteoritics, Vol. 16, p.361
      • Hamilton Co.
        • Carlton
    		American Mineralogist, Volume 79, pages 375-380, 1994
      • Lubbock Co.
    		Meteoritics (ISSN 0026-1114), vol. 24, Dec. 1989, p. 195-208.
      • Red River Co.
        • Deport
    		AmMin 17:357-359
      • Val Verde Co.
    		Meteoritics, vol. 12, Mar. 31, 1977, p. 1-12.
    • Virginia
      • Augusta Co.
    		Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    • Washington
      • Clark Co.
        • Washougal
    		http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?1972Metic...7..449J&data_type=PDF_HIGH&type=PRINTER&filetype=.pdf
      • Whitman Co.
        • Albion
    		www.meteorlab.com/METEORLAB2001dev/albtxt3.htm
    • Wisconsin
      • Walworth Co.
        • Zenda
    		Berquist, Goodwin F., Jr. (ed.) / Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters volume LII (1963) Read, William F. The Zenda meteorite, pp. 153-158
      • Waushara Co.
    		www.uwrf.edu/~wc01/meteorite.html
        • Saxeville
    		Bunch, T.E., Keil, K., and Olsen, E. (1970): Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 25, 297-340.
    Uzbekistan
     
    • Buxoro (Bukhara) Viloyati
    		www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/mb89preview.pdf.
    Western Sahara
     
    • Saguia el Hamra
    Yemen
     
    • South Yemen
    		Zolensky, M. & A.Ivanov, Chemie der Erde 63,185-246(2003)
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