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Tetrataenite

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Nuevo Mercurio, Zacatecas, Mexico
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Formula:
FeNi
System:TetragonalHardness:3½
Name:The name is derived from the tetragonal crystal system and compositional similarity to taenite.


Iron-Nickel Group

Classification of Tetrataenite

IMA status:Approved 1979
Strunz 8th edition ID:1/A.08-30
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:1.1.17.5
Dana 8th edition ID:1.1.11.3

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
1 : Metals, other than the Platinum Group
Hey's CIM Ref.:1.64

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

Co-type Localities:Santa Catharina meteorite, São Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, South Region, Brazil
Estherville meteorite, Emmet Co., Iowa, USA
Year of Discovery:1980

Physical Properties of Tetrataenite

Hardness (Mohs):3½

Crystallography of Tetrataenite

Crystal System:Tetragonal
Cell Parameters:a = 2.53Å, c = 3.58Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 1.415
Unit Cell Volume:V 22.92 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Tetrataenite

Formula:
FeNi
Essential elements:Fe, Ni
All elements listed in formula:Fe, Ni
Common Impurities:Co,Cu,P

Relationship of Tetrataenite 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.10Taenite
(Fe,Ni)
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)
1.63Taenite
(Fe,Ni)
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)
1.1.17.4Taenite
(Fe,Ni)
1.1.17.6Awaruite
Ni
 
3
Fe
1.1.17.6Hexaferrum
(Fe,Os,Ru,Ir)

Other Names for Tetrataenite

Synonyms:
IMA1979-076
German names:
Tetrataenit
Spanish names:
Tetrataenita

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 Tetrataenite

Reference List:American Mineralogist (1980): 65: 624.

Nature: 273: 453-454.

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    Localities for Tetrataenite

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    Brazil
     
    • South Region
      • Santa Catarina
        • São Francisco do Sul
    Canada
     
    • New Brunswick
      • Carleton Co.
        • Benton
    		www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2001/pdf/5301.pdf.
    Chile
     
    • Antofagasta Region
      • Antofagasta Province
        • Taltal
    Italy
     
    • Lombardy
      • Brescia Province
        • Trenzano
    		- M. Chinellato : "Two brescian meteorites : Trenzano and Alfianello", Meteorite Magazine, 05/2001 - Pedrazzi, G.; Ortalli, I.; Galvao da Silva, E.; Scorzelli, R. B. : "Tetrataenite in Metal Particles of the Trenzano Meteorite Identified by Mossbauer Spectroscopy", Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 31, page A105, 01/1996
    Kazakhstan
     
    • Pavlodar Oblysy (Pavlodar [Pavlodarskaya] Oblast')
    		http://geosci.uchicago.edu/~campbell/Abstracts/Fremdlinge_preprint.pdf.
    Mexico
     
    • Zacatecas
    		Rob Lavinsky
    Oman
     
    • Dhofar (Al Janubiyah) Province
    Poland
     
    • Wielkopolskie
      • Poznan
    		http://ciasem2005.cigb.edu.cu/Abstracts_Post_Mat/Ewa%20Starnawska.pdf.
    Serbia
     
    • Jelica
    		MinMag 58:215
    USA
     
    • Arizona
      • Coconino Co.
        • Meteor Crater and vicinity
    		Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 394.
    • Iowa
      • Emmet Co.
    • New Mexico
      • Roosevelt Co.
        • Portales
    		Lunar and Planetary Science XXX
    • Washington
      • Whitman Co.
        • Albion
    		www.meteorlab.com/METEORLAB2001dev/albtxt3.htm
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