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Maskelynite & Ringwoodite & Native Iron

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Maskelynite & Ringwoodite & Native Iron

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Description
Locality: 
De Baca County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.3 × 0.8 cm
Description

A polished section of the Taiban meteorite (from De Baca Co., New Mexico) with finely dispersed ringwoodite, maskelynite and Fe-Ni metal. (this last one in photos 2 and 3).

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Ringwoodite

Formula: 
(Mg,Fe2+)2SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AC.15
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Tenham meteorite, Tenham Station, South Gregory, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia

Iron

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

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