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Iron Var Kamacite & Taenite

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Iron Var Kamacite & Taenite

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Description
Locality: 
Sikhote-Alin Meteorite, Paseka, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.8 × 0.7 cm
Description

The Sikhote-Alin meteorite is classified as a coarse octahedrite. This iron meteorite fell on February 12, 1947 in the Sikhote-Alin region of Eastern Siberia, Russia.

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

Taenite

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

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