octahedrite
Octahedrites are the most common structural class of iron meteorites. The structures occur because the meteoric iron has a certain nickel concentration that leads to the exsolution of kamacite out of taenite while cooling.
Key facts
- Meteorite subdivision.Subdivision
- Structural class
- Meteorite subdivision.Name
- Octahedrite
- Meteorite subdivision.Image
- TolucaMeteorite.jpg
- Meteorite subdivision.Image_caption
- Octahedrite from Toluca
- Meteorite subdivision.Compositional_type
- Iron
- Meteorite subdivision.Group
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- Meteorite subdivision.Image2
- Meteoric iron phase diagram taenite kamacite octaehedrite.svg
- Meteorite subdivision.Image2_caption
- A phase diagram showing the link between structural and chemical classification.
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- Structure
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Octahedrites are the most common structural class of iron meteorites. The structures occur because the meteoric iron has a certain nickel concentration that leads to the exsolution of kamacite out of taenite while cooling.
==Structure==