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Hexahedrites are a
structural class of iron meteorite. They are
composed almost exclusively of the nickel–iron
alloy kamacite and are
lower in
nickel content...
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connected with the
relative abundance of
nickel to iron. The
categories are:
Hexahedrites (H): low nickel, no Widmanstätten pattern, may
present Neumann lines;...
- (octahedrite and
hexahedrite types). In the
octahedrites it is
found in
bands interleaving with
taenite forming Widmanstätten patterns. In
hexahedrites, fine parallel...
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divided into
objects with
similar internal structures (octahedrites,
hexahedrites, and ataxites), but
these terms are now used for
purely descriptive purposes...
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phase boundary where kamacite is
exsolved from taenite.
Meteoric iron with less than
about 6%
nickel (
hexahedrite) is
completely changed to kamacite....
- fall.
Structural class – a
subdivision of iron
meteorites in ataxites,
hexahedrites and octahedrites.
Superbolide – is a
bolide that
reaches an apparent...
- (kamacite and taenite) and
silicate inclusions.
Structurally they can be
hexahedrites, fine to co**** octahedrites, or even ataxites. Most of them are octahedrite...
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Holocene Exposed Yes
Drilled Yes
Bolide type Co****
octahedrite to
granular hexahedrite Location Coordinates 27°38′S 61°42′W / 27.633°S 61.700°W / -27.633;...
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group of iron meteorites. The
group currently has six members. They are
hexahedrites with
large amounts of schreibersite. The
meteoric iron is
composed of...
- to the
public in 1954 as a
geological museum,
featuring the
granular hexahedrite meteorite found on the
state park
property in the 1930s. The meteorite...
