Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Iron Var Kamacite Troilite & Taenite

Views:
Watches:
PDM795849

Iron Var Kamacite Troilite & Taenite

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Nandan Meteorite, Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.4 × 1.2 cm
Description

Lustrous metallic silver grey iron meteorite of tetrahedral form, mainly composed of kamacite, troilite and taenite. The Nantan iron meteorite belongs to the IAB group, it is a Ni-Fe octahedrite that was observed to fall in the XVI Century (precisely in May of 1516). However, most of the pieces (the fall was estimated at 9000 kg), were mostly recovered since the 1950’s.

Ex. Dr. Bob Janssens meteorite’s collection, #MC11.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Iron

Formula: 
Fe
Strunz: 
1.AE.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
Grey
Type Locality: 
Qeqertarsuaq Island (Disko Island), Qaasuitsup, Greenland

Kamacite

Variety Of: 

Iron

Formula: 
Fe
Strunz: 
1.AE.05
Hardness: 
4.5
Formula: 
(Fe,Ni)
Strunz: 
1.AE.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Colour: 
Grey
Streak: 
Grey

Troilite

Formula: 
FeS
Strunz: 
2.CC.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Albareto meteorite, Albareto, Modena Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Taenite

Formula: 
(Fe,Ni)
Strunz: 
1.AE.10
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Gorge river, South Westland, South Island, New Zealand

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps