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Kamacite plate width estimation in octahedrites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

M. J. Frost*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Summary

Tables are given which enable a quick estimate to be made of the true thickness of kamacite plates from measurements of the Widmanstetter figure on a single random plane. The method is applied to the following meteorites (width in mm following name): Arispe, 2·90; Brenham, 0·91; Duketon, 1·13; Henbury, 0·74; Ogallala, 1·53; Thule, 0·89; View Hill, 0·62.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1965

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