Ataxite
Ataxites are a group of nickel - iron meteorites with a high nickel content of more than 15%. Only the mineral taenite is present in these meteorites , there are no Widmanstatt structures . Hence they got their name, Greek = without structure . The name ataxite for this type of meteorite was introduced by Gustav Tschermak in 1883 .
The ataxites include B. the Chinga meteorites and Dronino meteorites and the Hoba meteorite and the Gebel Kamil meteorite .
literature
- Martin Okrusch and Siegfried Matthes : Mineralogy. An introduction to special mineralogy, petrology and geology . 8th edition, pp. 517-519, Springer-Verlag , 2010. ISBN 978-3-54078201-8 .