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Taenite from
Northwest Africa 7251 (NWA 7251), Northwest Africa


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Taenite
Formula:(Fe,Ni)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Taenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Northwest Africa 7251 (NWA 7251), Northwest Africa
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1232812
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1232812:1
GUID (UUID V4):6dce3315-6736-43d3-b55d-a6f6cc54ba7b
References
Ruzicka A. et al. (2015). The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 101. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 50:1661.
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Ruzicka, Alex, Grossman, Jeffrey, Bouvier, Audrey, Herd, Christopher D. K., Agee, Carl B. (2015) The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 101. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 50 (9) 1661 doi:10.1111/maps.12490
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with 1812 from Antarctica, 437 from Asia, 301 from Africa, 43 from South America, 21 from Europe (including...related to brachinites and ungrouped achondrites NWA 1500 and NWA 4042. 2 Specimens: All at NMBE. Alkali...along clast boundaries. Metal includes kamacite, taenite and tetrataenite. Accessory minerals include troilite...Predominantly kamacite with accessory schreibersite and taenite (as "wispy" grains), plus fairly abundant elongate...composed of cohenite + low-Ni kamacite + minor low-Ni taenite, which show preferred alignment in several directions
 
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