octahedrite

Related to octahedrite: Iron meteorite, Meteoric iron, Widmanstatten Pattern

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]

Depending on the amount of nickel they contain and the ratio of nickel to iron, iron meteorites consist of three main types: hexahedrites, octahedrites, and ataxites.