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Kamacite from
Hainholz meteorite, Minden, Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany


Locality type:Meteorite Fall Location
Classification
Species:Native Iron var: Kamacite
Formula:(Fe,Ni)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kamacite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Hainholz meteorite, Minden, Minden-Lübbecke, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:929598
Long-form Identifier:1:3:929598:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kamacite
12.6km (7.8 miles) ⓘObernkirchen meteorite, Obernkirchen, Schaumburg District, Lower Saxony, Germany
55.7km (34.6 miles) ⓘOesede meteorite, Georgsmarienhütte, Osnabrück District, Lower Saxony, Germany
72.3km (44.9 miles) ⓘPeckelsheim meteorite, Peckelsheim, Willebadessen, Höxter, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
82.8km (51.4 miles) ⓘIbbenbüren meteorite, Ibbenbüren, Steinfurt, Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
89.8km (55.8 miles) ⓘOldenburg (1930) meteorite, Beverbruch, Garrel, Cloppenburg District, Lower Saxony, Germany
References
Buchner, O. (1863) Die meteoriten in Sammlungen, ihre Geschichte, Mineralogische und Chemische Beschaffenheit. Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann.
Ramdohr, Paul (1972) The Opaque Minerals in Stony Meteorites. De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783112651025
 
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