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Taenite from
Ladder Creek meteorite, Greeley County, Kansas, USA


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Taenite
Formula:(Ni,Fe)
Comments:Small residual taenite grains present in some now eroded (oxidized) plessitic regions [Knox,1963].
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Taenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Ladder Creek meteorite, Greeley County, Kansas, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1103742
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1103742:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Taenite
32.4km (20.1 miles) ⓘHorace meteorite, Greeley County, Kansas, USA
48.2km (29.9 miles) ⓘModoc (1905) meteorite, Scott County, Kansas, USA
48.2km (29.9 miles) ⓘModoc (1948) meteorite, Scott County, Kansas, USA
53.2km (33.1 miles) ⓘArapahoe meteorite, Cheyenne County, Colorado, USA
65.0km (40.4 miles) ⓘOakley (stone) meteorite, Logan County, Kansas, USA
81.6km (50.7 miles) ⓘGoodland meteorite, Sherman County, Kansas, USA
94.1km (58.5 miles) ⓘRush Creek meteorite, Kiowa County, Colorado, USA
References
Knox Jr., R. (1963) The microstructure of several stony meteorites: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 27(3): 261-268. (March 1963).
Ramdohr, Paul (1972) The Opaque Minerals in Stony Meteorites. De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783112651025
 
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