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Kamacite (Kamacit)

Pictures (8 Images total)

fingeriger Schreibersit in Kamacit
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fingeriger Schreibersit in Kamacit
Bildbreite: 6 mm; Fundort: Sikhote-Alin-Meteorit, Primorskiy Kray, Russland
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Collection: Pavel Kartashov
Location: Russland/Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis/Primorje (Primorskiy), Kray/Sikhote-Alin-Gebirge/Sikhote-Alin-Meteorit
Mineral: Kamacite, Schreibersite
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Rating: 8.5 (votes: 2)
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fingeriger Schreibersit in Kamacit

Bildbreite: 6 mm; Fundort: Sikhote-Alin-Meteorit, Primorskiy Kray, Russland
Collection: Pavel Kartashov
Copyright: Pavel M. Kartashov
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2009-01-29
Locality: Sikhote-Alin-Meteorit / Sikhote-Alin-Gebirge / Primorje (Primorskiy), Kray / Ferner Osten, Föderationskreis / Russland
Kamacit
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Kamacit
Größe: 79x42x39 mm; Fundort: Nantan-Meteoriten, Lihu-Yaochai-Gebiet, Nandan Co., Provinz Guangxi, China
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: China/Guangxi Zhuang, Autonomes Gebiet/Hechi, Präfektur/Nandan, Kreis/Lihu-Yaochai-Gebiet/Nantan-Meteorit
Mineral: Kamacite
Image: 1251917523
Rating: 7.5 (votes: 2)
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Kamacit

Größe: 79x42x39 mm; Fundort: Nantan-Meteoriten, Lihu-Yaochai-Gebiet, Nandan Co., Provinz Guangxi, China
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2009-09-02
Locality: Nantan-Meteorit / Lihu-Yaochai-Gebiet / Nandan, Kreis / Hechi, Präfektur / Guangxi Zhuang, Autonomes Gebiet / China
Kamacit
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Kamacit
Größe: 42x19x07 mm; Fundort: Nantan-Meteoriten, Lihu-Yaochai-Gebiet, Nandan Co., Provinz Guangxi, China
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: China/Guangxi Zhuang, Autonomes Gebiet/Hechi, Präfektur/Nandan, Kreis/Lihu-Yaochai-Gebiet/Nantan-Meteorit
Mineral: Kamacite
Image: 1251917448
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Kamacit

Größe: 42x19x07 mm; Fundort: Nantan-Meteoriten, Lihu-Yaochai-Gebiet, Nandan Co., Provinz Guangxi, China
Copyright: Rob Lavinsky
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2009-09-02
Locality: Nantan-Meteorit / Lihu-Yaochai-Gebiet / Nandan, Kreis / Hechi, Präfektur / Guangxi Zhuang, Autonomes Gebiet / China
Meteor-Eisen: Kamacit.
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Meteor-Eisen: Kamacit.
Größe: ca. 11 cm; Fundort: Barbianello-Meteorit, Barbianello, Provinz Pavia, Lombardei, Italien
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato; Contribution: Philip Blümner
Location: Italien/Lombardei (Lombardia), Region/Pavia, Provinz/Barbianello/Barbianello-Meteorit
Mineral: Kamacite
Rock: iron group meteorite
Image: 1251749730
Rating: 6 (votes: 1)
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Meteor-Eisen: Kamacit.

Größe: ca. 11 cm; Fundort: Barbianello-Meteorit, Barbianello, Provinz Pavia, Lombardei, Italien
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
Contribution: Philip Blümner 2009-08-31
Locality: Barbianello-Meteorit / Barbianello / Pavia, Provinz / Lombardei (Lombardia), Region / Italien
Kamacit
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Kamacit
Größe: 5,5 x 4,5 x 3,5 cm, 216 Gramm, Fundort: Nantan-Meteoriten, Lihu-Yaochai-Gebiet, Nandan Co., Provinz Guangxi, China
Copyright: Michael Roarke; Contribution: thdun5
Location: China/Guangxi Zhuang, Autonomes Gebiet/Hechi, Präfektur/Nandan, Kreis/Lihu-Yaochai-Gebiet/Nantan-Meteorit
Mineral: Kamacite
Image: 1303406731
Rating: 6 (votes: 1)
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Kamacit

Größe: 5,5 x 4,5 x 3,5 cm, 216 Gramm, Fundort: Nantan-Meteoriten, Lihu-Yaochai-Gebiet, Nandan Co., Provinz Guangxi, China
Copyright: Michael Roarke
Contribution: thdun5 2011-04-21
Locality: Nantan-Meteorit / Lihu-Yaochai-Gebiet / Nandan, Kreis / Hechi, Präfektur / Guangxi Zhuang, Autonomes Gebiet / China

Collectors Summary

Color eisenschwarz, stahlgrau
Streak color grau
Lustre Metallglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 4
Cleavages {???} undeutlich
Solubility +++ HCl
Crystal System kubisch, Im3m

Chemism

Chemical formula

(Fe,Ni)

Additional chem. information

Ni-reiches Eisen: Clark (1993), 350

Chemical composition

Eisen, Nickel

Unit weight: 56.557255 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 1

Info

Empirical formula:

(Fe0.75Ni0.25)

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Iron

Fe

74.06

0.75

75.00

55.8452000

41.8839000
Nickel

Ni

25.94

0.25

25.00

58.6934200

14.6733550

Analysis wt%

Fe : 93.09, Ni : 6.69 (Ref: Hintze, Handbuch der Mineralogie, 1904-1974)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

1.AE.05

1: Elemente (Metalle, intermetallische Legierungen, Metalloide u. Nichtmetalle, Carbide, Silicide, Nitride u. Phosphide)
A: Metalle und intermetallische Legierungen
E: Eisen-Chrom-Familie
05:Eisen-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

1.AF.105

1: ELEMENTS
A: Metals, Intermetallic Compounds, and Alloys
F: Fe-Cr-Group
1: cubic

Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals

01.62

01: Elements and Alloys (including the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au)

Dana 8th edition

01.01.11.01

01: Native Elements and Alloys
01: Native Elements with metallic elements other than the platinum group
11: Iron-Nickel group

IMA status

aberkannt, IMA Massendiskreditierung 11/2006 (Antrag 06-C)

Mineral status

Mineralstatus fragwürdig

Optical Properties

Color

eisenschwarz, stahlgrau

Streak color

grau

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

opak

Lustre

Metallglanz

Crystallography

Crystal System

kubisch

Class (H-M)

m3m

Space Group number

229

Space Group

Im3m

Cell parameters a (Å)

2.866

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

-

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volume (ų)

23.541

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

3.032(10),
2.953(10),
2.031(100),
1.967(60),
1.481(10),
1.435(30),
1.170(70),
1.105(10)
XRD chart Kamacite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

4

Density (g/cm³)

7.9 (gemessen) 7.85 (berechnet)

7.978 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Cleavages

{???} undeutlich

Instability

+++ HCl

Preface

Name from

griechischem Wort "kamask", was soviel wie "Latte" bedeutet und auf die Musterung im Anschliff hindeutet

Author (Name, Year)

von Reichenbach, 1861

References

American Mineralogist 51 (1966), 37.

Clark (1993), 350.

Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta: 29: 535-549.

Buchwald (1975), Handbook of iron meteorites, I-III.

The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 44, pp. 1557-1560 (2006).

Other languages

Spanish

Camacita

German

Kamacit

French

Kamacite

English

Kamacite

Russian

Камасит

Simplified Chinese

铁纹石

Japanese

ｶﾏｻｲﾄ

Alternative Name

German

Balkeneisen

English

Belkeneisen

Spanish

Kamacita

Kamazit

English

Nickel-iron

Locations with GPS information

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) xSLuwGhehESBTVvgbpgmfA
GUID (Global unique identifier) C0EE22C5-5E68-4484-814D-5BE06E98267C
Database ID 1864