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Taenite

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Nantan meteorites (Nandan meteorites), Lihu - Yaochai area, Nandan Co., Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
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Formula:
(Fe,Ni)
System:IsometricColour:Greyish white, ...
Hardness:5 - 5½
Name:From the Greek "tainia" meaning "band."


Iron-Nickel Group.

Nickel-Iron of meteorites with 25-40 % iron.
Also occurs in serpentine bodies.

Classification of Taenite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:1/A.08-20
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:1.AE.10

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:1.1.17.4
Dana 8th edition ID:1.1.11.2

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
1 : Metals, other than the Platinum Group
Hey's CIM Ref.:1.63

1 : Elements and Alloys (including the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au)
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Type Occurrence of Taenite

Type Locality:Gorge river, South Island, New Zealand
Year of Discovery:1861

Physical Properties of Taenite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Greyish white, silver-white
Streak:Light grey
Hardness (Mohs):5 - 5½

Crystallography of Taenite

Crystal System:Isometric
Cell Parameters:a = 3.59Å
Unit Cell Volume:V 46.27 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Taenite

Type:Isotropic

Chemical Properties of Taenite

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

Relationship of Taenite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
1.AE.05Molybdenum
Mo
1.AE.05Chromium
Cr
1.AE.05Iron
Fe
1.AE.05Kamacite
(Fe,Ni)
1.AE.05Tungsten
W
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
1.62Kamacite
(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
Pb
 
2
Pd
 
3
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
1.1.17.3Kamacite
(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 Taenite

Synonyms:
EdmondsoniteEdmonsoniteMeteorinOrthotaeniteTaenite (of Reichenbach)
German names:
BandeisenEdmondsonitEdmonsonitOrthotaenitTaenit
Tänit
Russian names:
Тэнит
Spanish names:
EdmondsonitaEdmonsonitaOrthotaenitaTaenita

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 Taenite

Reference List:American Mineralogist (1966) 51: 37.

Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta: 29: 535-549.

Nature: 273: 453-454.

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie (1995): 210: 14.

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    Localities for Taenite

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    Antarctica
     
    • Eastern Antarctica
      • Victoria Land
    		Meteoritical Bulletin, 84 (Aug. 2000)
    Argentina
     
    • Chaco
      • Gran Chaco
    • Santa Cruz
      • Laguna Manantiales
    Australia
     
    • Northern Territory
      • Alice Springs
        • Henbury Cattle Station
    		1. Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 1957, v.11, No 4, 263-278, B литературе не описан.
    • Western Australia
      • Gascoyne District
    		Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 84:149-152, 2001
    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
      • 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
    Egypt
     
    • Western Desert
    Germany
     
    • North Rhine-Westphalia
      • Münsterland
        • Velen
    		http://www.arn-meteorites.com/MET_R.HTM
    Hungary
     
    • Hajdú-Bihar Co.
      • Great Hungarian Plain
        • Kaba
    		Szakáll& Gatter: Hun. Min. Spec., 1993
    • 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
      • Basti Division
        • Basti District
          • Gorakhpur
    		Bull. Soc. Franç. Minéralo. Cristallo. , 1974, 97, p. 502.
    Italy
     
    • Emilia-Romagna
      • Ferrara Province
    		Abreau & Brearley in Meteoritics & Planetary Science 40(4): 1 (2005)
    • Lombardy
      • Sondrio Province
    		AA. VV., 1996. Collezionare minerali. Hobby & Work.
    • 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
    • Piedmont
      • Torino Province
        • Sesia-Lanzo zone
          • Lanzo Valley
            • Lanzo Massif
              • Balangero - Corio area
    		Prete, R. (1995): L'amiantifera di S. Vittore, Balangero, Torino. Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 4/1995, 313-333.
    Kazakhstan
     
    • Pavlodar Oblysy (Pavlodar [Pavlodarskaya] Oblast')
    		http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~campbell/Abstracts/Fremdlinge_preprint.pdf.
    Mexico
     
    • Mexico
      • Jiquipilco (Xiquipilco)
    Namibia
     
    • Hardap Region
      • Great Namaqualand
    • Otjozondjupa Region
      • Grootfontein District
        • Grootfontein
    		CanRockhound v.4, n.2
    New Zealand
     
    • South Island
    		Am Min 51 (1966), 37
    Oman
     
    • Dhofar (Al Janubiyah) Province
    Poland
     
    • Wielkopolskie
      • Poznan
    		B. Cervelle et al. , Bull. Soc. Fr. Minéral. , 1974, 97, pp. 40-47.
    Russia
     
    • Eastern-Siberian Region
      • Saha Republic (Sakha Republic; Yakutia)
    		[World of Stones 12:49]
          • Onello River basin
            • Bol'shoy Dolguchan River
    		Pavel M. Kartashov data
      • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
        • Yeniseisk Autonomous Oblast'
          • Novosibirsk
            • Kuznetsk Alatau Range
              • Mrassa river
    		P.M. Kartashov data
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Kamchatka Oblast'
        • Koryak Mts
      • Primorskiy Kray
        • Sikhote-Alin
    		O. Richard Norton “ Rocks From Space “ - Mountain Press - 1998
    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
     
    • Lappland
      • Malå
    		No reference listed
    • 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
      • Utzenstorf
    		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
    USA
     
    • Alaska
      • Nome Borough
        • Seward Peninsula
    		www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF2/200.html
    • Arizona
      • Coconino Co.
        • Meteor Crater and vicinity
      • Mohave Co.
        • Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range)
          • White Hills
    • California
      • Del Norte Co.
    		Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
    • 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
    • Iowa
      • 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
    • Kentucky
      • Nelson Co.
        • Cox's Creek
    		http://meteoritemag.uark.edu/622.htm
    • Louisiana
      • Orleans Parish
        • New Orleans
    		Falster, A.U., et al (2004), The N'awlins meteorite, 31st. Rochester Mineralogical Symposium Proceedings: 11, and technical sessions presentation.
    • Michigan
      • Osceola Co.
        • Reed City
    		www.rasny.org/V4P89-91.HTM
    • Missouri
      • Bates Co.
    		Min Rec 31:4 p383-372
      • 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
    • New Mexico
      • Colfax Co.
    		NMGS Spec Pub 6
      • Roosevelt Co.
        • Portales
    		Lunar and Planetary Science XXX
    • North Dakota
      • Grant Co.
        • New Leipzig
    • Ohio
      • Auglaize Co.
        • Kossuth
    		www.ohiodnr.com/geosurvey/pdf/spring97.pdf.
    • Oklahoma
      • Johnson Co.
    		http://www.alaska.net/%7Emeteor/TSH.htm
    • Pennsylvania
      • Adams Co.
        • Mount Joy Township
    		www.amnh.org
      • Lycoming Co.
        • Bald Eagle Mountain
    		www.rasny.org/baldeagl.htm
    • Tennessee
      • Claiborne Co.
    • Texas
      • Ector Co.
        • Odessa
        • Penwell
    		www.meteorlab.com
    • Wisconsin
      • Walworth Co.
        • Zenda
    Uzbekistan
     
    • Buxoro (Bukhara) Viloyati
    		www.meteoriticalsociety.org/bulletin/mb89preview.pdf.
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