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| kamacite comparison table | ||||||||
| Subject | is one of | be produced by mechanism | has definition | have chemical composition | have progenitor mineral | is a kind of | has abundance in iron meteorite | is an instance of |
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| iron meteorite mineral from weathered iron carbide | 295 minerals found to occur in meteorites | weathering in Earth's atmosphere when produced in iron meteorite | cohenite or haxonite when it occurs in weathered iron meteorite | terrestrially weathered iron meteorite mineral | ||||
| metal alloy | 4000 well-characterized minerals | alloy | ||||||
| ubiquitous iron meteorite mineral | 295 minerals found to occur in meteorites | a mineral always present in the iron phase of iron and stony iron meteorites | iron meteorite mineral | ubiquitous | ||||
| kamacite | 295 minerals found to occur in meteorites | weathering in Earth's atmosphere when produced in iron meteorite | nickel-iron metal alloy with up to 7.5 % nickel | cohenite or haxonite when it occurs in weathered iron meteorite | ubiquitous | ubiquitous iron meteorite mineral |
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