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Kamacite, Taenite, Troilite
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| Mineral: | Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni) Taenite: gamma-(Fe,Ni) Troilite: FeS | |||||
| Comments: | Polished and acid etched slice, with crust, illustrating Widmanstaaten lines, with taenite darker areas between kamacite crystals, with tarnished troilite inclusions, in fine octahedrite meteorite. | |||||
| Location: | Gibeon Meteorite, found 1836, Great Namaqualand, Hardap, Namibia. | |||||
| Scale: | See Photo. | |||||
| Copyright: | © Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species | |||||
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