octahedrite


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octahedrite

(ok-tă-hee -drÿt) See iron meteorite.

octahedrite

[‚äk·tə′hē‚drīt]
(geology)
The most common iron meteorite, containing 6-18% nickel in the metal phase and having intimate intergrowths lying parallel to the octahedral planes.
(mineralogy)
anatase
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The size and shape of the interlocking bands, known as lamellae, can be analysed to classify iron meteorites by their structure as octahedrites, hexahedrites or ataxites.
Australia : Nuclear techniques reveal inner structure of iron meteorities non-invasively
Mineralogical and chemical study of coarse octahedrite Morasko (Poland).
Mineralogy of Morasko meteorite and the structure of the craters/Morasko meteoriidi mineraloogia ja kraatrite ehitus/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]
Analysis of the small meteorite samples we collected indicates that the Wabar impacting body was a Type IIIa medium octahedrite made of up to 94 percent iron, 3.5 to 7 percent nickel, and roughly 0.22 percent cobalt, with traces of iridium.
Secrets of the Wabar craters: a team of geologists explores this enigmatic meteorite-impact site in southern Saudi Arabia

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