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- 1.1.11.0 Iron! Fe I m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- 1.1.11.1 Kamacite alpha-(Fe,Ni) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- 1.1.11.2 Taenite gamma-(Fe,Ni) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- 1.1.11.3 Tetrataenite FeNi P 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
- 1.1.11.4 Awaruite Ni2FetoNi3Fe P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- 1.1.11.5 Nickel Ni F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- 1.1.11.6 Wairauite CoFe P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- I/A.07-10 Iron Fe I m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- I/A.07-20 Kamacite alpha-(Fe,Ni) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- I/A.07-30 Wairauite CoFe P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
General Kamacite Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
alpha-(Fe,Ni) | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 56.13 gm | ||
| Iron 89.54 % Fe | |||
| Nickel 10.46 % Ni | |||
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| 100.00 % | |||
| Empirical Formula: |
Fe0+0.9Ni0.1 | ||
| Environment: |
Major constituent of iron meteorites. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1861 | ||
| Locality: |
Disko Island, Uivfaq, Blaafjeld, Greenland Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
Named from the Greek for "shaft" or "lath". | ||
| Synonym: |
Plessite - Taenite and Kamacite | ||
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Kamacite Crystallography |
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| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 8.603, Z = 54; V = 636.72 Den(Calc)= 7.90 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F m3m | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.03(1), 1.967(0.6), 1.435(0.3), | ||
Physical Properties of Kamacite |
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| Cleavage: |
[???] Indistinct | ||
| Color: |
Iron black, Steel gray. | ||
| Density: |
7.9 | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Opaque | ||
| Fracture: |
Hackly - Jagged, torn surfaces, (e.g. fractured metals). | ||
| Habit: |
Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses. | ||
| Hardness: |
4 - Fluorite | ||
| Luster: |
Metallic | ||
| Streak: |
gray | ||
Calculated Properties of Kamacite |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=7.37 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.02016 Boson Index = 0.97984 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PEKamacite = 32.05 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Kamacite is Not Radioactive |
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Kamacite Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
1.1.11.1 (1)Native Elements | ||
| (1.1)with metallic elements other than the platinum group | |||
| (1.1.11)Iron-Nickel group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
I/A.07-20 I - Elements | ||
| I/A - Metallic and intermetallic compounds, Carbides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Silicides | |||
| I/A.07 - Iron series | |||
Other Kamacite Information |
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| References: |
NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Kamacite : 1 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 - Ecole des Mines de Paris 5 - Google Images 6 - Google Scholar 7 - Handbook of Mineralogy (MinSocAm) 8 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 9 - MinDAT 10 - MinMax(Deutsch) 11 - MinMax(English) 12 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 13 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 14 - QUT Mineral Atlas 15 - Ruff.Info Search for Kamacite using: Visit our Advertisers for Kamacite : AA Mineral SpecimensB & L Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals Dan Weinrich Auctions Excalibur Minerals Exceptional Minerals Fabre Minerals Greenside Minerals Heliodor John Betts Fine Minerals Mason's Minerals Mineral News Mineral of the Month Club MineralsWeb Fine Minerals The GeoZone Wrights Rock Shop Translate Kamacite Mineral Data : Ask about Kamacite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Kamacite Specimen Label here :
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