kamacite

See also: Kamacite

English
A meteorite containing kamacite and taenite

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάμαξ (kámax, “vine-pole”) +‎ -ite.

Noun

kamacite (plural kamacites)

  1. (mineralogy) A meteoritic mineral which consists chiefly of iron and nickel

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading
  • “Kamacite” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • “kamacite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.