kamacite

Related to kamacite: troilite, Octahedrites, Taenite

kamacite

(ˈkæməˌsaɪt)

(Elements & Compounds) an alloy of iron and nickel, occurring in meteorites

[C19: from (obsolete) German Kamacit, from Greek kamax shaft, pole + -ite¹]

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Those analyses have revealed traces of gold and iron, along with rarer minerals such as kamacite, schreibersite, taenite, and troilite.

Scientists Confirm Discovery of Mineral Never Before Seen in Nature

Traces of rare minerals have also been found, including taenite, troilite, kamacite and schreibersite.

Never Before Seen Mineral Discovered Inside Meteorite

Instruments on the rover, including its Mossbauer spectrometer, show the rocks are stony, but also contain iron-bearing minerals present in meteorites found on Earth, such as kamacite and troilite.

Iron meteorites could signal Mars water

As for (C), isn't that kamacite? And (D) surely must be camisade.

"What is a Kamisar?"

Occurrence: Associated minerals are: niningerite, enstatite, kamacite and troilite.

Abstracts of new mineral descriptions

Main iron-nickel minerals are kamacite and taenite.

Mineralogy of Morasko meteorite and the structure of the craters/Morasko meteoriidi mineraloogia ja kraatrite ehitus/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]

Opaque phases include troilite, taenite, tetrataenite, kamacite, chromite and ilmenite.

The Benton LL6 chondrite: formation and evolution of a brecciated and shocked meteorite. (Atlantic Universities Geological Conference 2000)

Iron meteorites will show a distinct Widmanstatten pattern, the interplay of the nickel-iron alloys kamacite and taenite, when a freshly polished interior surface is etched with dilute acid.