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| kamacite | ||||
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| kamacite | is an instance of metal alloy |  |
| has chemical composition nickel-iron metal alloy with up to 7.5 % nickel | | |
| is an instance of iron meteorite mineral from weathered iron carbide | | |
| is an instance of ubiquitous iron meteorite mineral | | |
| iron meteorite mineral from weathered iron carbide | can have progenitor mineral cohenite or haxonite when it occurs in weathered iron meteorite | |
| ubiquitous iron meteorite mineral | has abundance in iron meteorites ubiquitous | |
| terrestrially weathered iron meteorite mineral | can be produced by mechanism weathering in Earth's atmosphere when produced in iron meteorite | |
| mineral | has color | |
| has alteration mineral | | |
| is one of 4000 well-characterized minerals | | |
| meteorite mineral | is one of 295 minerals found to occur in meteorites | |