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Name: Tetrataenite RRUFF ID: R140822 Ideal Chemistry: FeNi Locality: Toluca meteorite, Jiquipilco, Mexico Source: Rock Currier [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Associated with lawrenceite, kamacite, and taenite. Status: unconfirmed |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file] |
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Albertsen J F, Jensen G B, Knudsen J M (1978) Structure of taenite in two iron meteorites, Nature, 273, 453-454 |
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Clarke R S, Scott E R D (1980) Tetrataenite- ordered FeNi, a new mineral in meteorites, American Mineralogist, 65, 624-630 [view file] |
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Tagai T, H Takeda (1995) Superstructure of tetrataenite from the Saint Severin meteorite, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 210, 14-18 [view file] |
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Nayak B, Meyer F M (2015) Tetrataenite in terrestrial rock, American Mineralogist, 100, 209-214 |
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