Mineralogy of the Bocaiuva iron meteorite - A preliminary study

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Iron Meteorites, Meteoritic Composition, Mineralogy, Chromites, Kamacite, Magnetite, Petrography, Schreibersite, Silicates, Sulfides, Meteorites, Mineralogy, Bocaiuva, Iron Meteorites, Samples, Meteorite, Silicate, Inclusions, Kamacite, Patterns, Mineralogy, Description, Nodules, Composition, Comparisons, Iab Irons, Crystals

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Preliminary results of a mineralogical analysis of the Bocaiuva iron meteorite are reported. The analysis was carried out using a crystal electron spectrometer with a beam size of 1 micron, and an accelerating voltage of 15 kV. The iron in the meteorite contains silicate inclusions which are surrounded by kamacite of 6.5 wt percent Ni. The metal shows a Widmanstatten pattern in areas devoid of silicates. Silicate inclusions occur as nodules or as irregular chain-like aggregates in which olivine is either rounded or faceted. Iron sulfide in Bocaiuva occurs as pyrrhotite and contains 1-2 percent wt percent Cu. Questions concerning the genetic relations between the silicates, sulfide and metal are discussed, and a brief thermal history of the whole meteorite is given on the basis of the mineralogical data.

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