Kamacite Mineral Data + 
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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 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 4 - EUROmin Project 5 -Google Images 6 -Google Scholar 7 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 8 -MinDAT 9 -MinMax(Deutsch) 10 -MinMax(English) 11 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 12 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 13 -QUT Mineral Atlas 14 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Kamacite using: Visit our Advertisers for Kamacite : Translate Kamacite Mineral Data : Ask about Kamacite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Kamacite Specimen Label here :
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