octahedrite
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octahedrite
(ok-tă-hee -drÿt) See iron meteorite.Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006
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)
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