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ATAXITE [1 record]

Record 1 2002-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronomy
  • Planets
DEF

An iron meteorite containing more than 10% nickel and lacking the structure of either hexahedrite or octahedrite.

OBS

Many ataxites show microscopic oriented plates of kamacite in a groundmass of plessite. Symbol: D.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronomie
  • Planètes
DEF

[...] sidérite contenant moins de nickel que l'hexaédrite ou que l'octaédrite et dans laquelle la structure des lamelles est interrompue.

CONT

Dans une première classe [de météorites ferrifères], la teneur en nickel est de 5,5 à 8,5 %, le gallium varie de 45 à 100 parties par million, le palladium et l'or sont, au contraire, à leur plus basse concentration. Se classent dans cette catégorie les hexaédrites, les ataxites pauvres en nickel [...]

Spanish

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