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What is a kamacite?

What is a kamacite? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (geology) A meteoritic mineral which consists chiefly of iron and nickel
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Nearby is a unique 60-cm-high Boguslavka iron meteorite, which is the fragment of a single, giant monocrystal of kamacite.
More than ten minerals have been found in the Nantan meteorites with kamacite and taenite dominant.
Ataxites consist primarily of nickel-rich taenite, and kamacite is found only in the form of microscopic lamellae and spindles.
At times kamacite can be found so closely intermixed with taenite that it is difficult to distinguish them visually.
In cut sections kamacite looks like metallic iron and like the other important nickel-iron mineral, taenite.

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