Octahedrites

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Octahedrites

iron meteorites with an average nickel content of 6–13 percent. Octahedrites consist of three structural components: kamacite (α-iron), taenite (γ-iron), and plessite, a fine-grained intergrowth of kamacite and taenite. Widmanstätten structure appears on the polished surface of octahedrites upon etching with a solution of nitric acid or any other acid.

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Depending on the amount of nickel they contain and the ratio of nickel to iron, iron meteorites consist of three main types: hexahedrites, octahedrites, and ataxites.
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