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Name: Taenite
Tae
Specimens in Collection:

#50: Meteorite- Taenite/ Kamacite (Campo del Cielo)
Campo de Cielo, Argentina

#52: Meteorite - Taenite / Kamacite (Nantan)
Nantan, China

#174: Meteorite - Taenite/ Kamacite (Campo de Cielo)
Campo de Cielo, Argentina

#322: Meteorite - Taenite / Kamacite (Muonionalusta)
Sweden
IMA Chemistry: (Ni,Fe)
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Taenite contains elements:
Nickel (Ni)
Iron (Fe)
Country of Type Locality: New Zealand ?
Year First Published: 1861
IMA Status: Approved,Grandfathered
Status Notes: (γ-iron) Reichenbach (1861) Ueber die näheren Bestandtheile des Meteoreisens, Annalen der Physik und Chemie 114, 250-263
Structural Group Name:  
Fleischer's Group Name: iron
Crystal Systems: cubic
Oldest Known Age: 4620 Million Years Ago
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