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A New Octahedrite from South Africa
Author(s) -
COMERFORD MATTHIAS F.,
CORKELL ROBERT H. MC,
TISHLER SAMUEL W.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1968.tb00371.x
Subject(s) - kamacite , troilite , meteorite , iron meteorite , graphite , geology , nickel , geochemistry , metallurgy , mineralogy , astrobiology , materials science , biology , chondrite
Examination of an iron meteorite found in South Africa discloses it to be a coarse octahedrite containing 6.90 weight‐percent nickel. The meteorite body contains several inclusions of troilite, or troilite plus graphite, and at least one of pure graphite veined with kamacite. Kamacite, cohenite, and phosphides are the other major constituents of the structure.