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Nickel-iron, Iron (Var: Kamacite), Taenite


Nickel-iron, Iron (Var: Kamacite) : (Fe,Ni), Taenite : (Fe,Ni)

Photo Copyright © specimen collection and photo Peter Kohorst  - This image is copyrighted. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.
Large nickel-iron meteorite with a size of 3,7 x 2,2 cm and a weight of 39 g from the famous meteorite impact crater first discovered in 1891. The meteorite is an iron type, thought to be core material from a planetary body.
On the picture we see the Widmanstätt'schen figures with Kamacite, Taenite and 'Plessite'; last is the filling mass between Kamacite and Taenite.

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