Kamacite Mineral Gallery

Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni)  
Carlsbergite: CrN

Comments: Polished section showing a small light gray elongated inclusion of carlsbergite in massive kamacite.
Location: Kenton County meteorite, Kenton Co., Kentucky, USA. Scale: Picture size 0.08 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni)  
Nickelphosphide: (Ni,Fe)3P

Comments: Small inclusion of nickelphosphide in massive kamacite.
Location: Kenton County meteorite, Kenton Co., Kentucky, USA. Scale: Picture size 0.09 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni)  
Troilite: FeS  
Cohenite: (Fe,Ni,Co)3C  
Taenite: gamma-(Fe,Ni)

Comments: Brown masses of troilite, with white cohenite, in kamacite/taenite matrix, in meteorite (polished section).
Location: Meteor Crater, Canyon Diablo, Coconino County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni)  
Taenite: gamma-(Fe,Ni)  
Troilite: FeS

Comments: Polished and acid etched slice, with crust, illustrating Widmanstaaten lines, with taenite darker areas between kamacite crystals, with tarnished troilite inclusions, in fine octahedrite meteorite.
Location: Gibeon Meteorite, found 1836, Great Namaqualand, Hardap, Namibia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni)  
Melliniite: (Ni,Fe)4P

Comments: Reflected-light image displaying an anhedral fragment of creamy-yellowish melliniite(1) associated with kamacite (2). AmMin, v91, p453.
Location: Northwest Africa 1054 acapulcoite. Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist

Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni)  
Carlsbergite: CrN

Comments: Polished section showing a small light gray elongated inclusion of carlsbergite in massive kamacite.
Location: Kenton County meteorite, Kenton Co., Kentucky, USA. Scale: Picture size 0.08 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni)  
Nickelphosphide: (Ni,Fe)3P

Comments: Small inclusion of nickelphosphide in massive kamacite.
Location: Kenton County meteorite, Kenton Co., Kentucky, USA. Scale: Picture size 0.09 mm.
© Thomas Witzke / Abraxas-Verlag

Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni)  
Troilite: FeS  
Cohenite: (Fe,Ni,Co)3C  
Taenite: gamma-(Fe,Ni)

Comments: Brown masses of troilite, with white cohenite, in kamacite/taenite matrix, in meteorite (polished section).
Location: Meteor Crater, Canyon Diablo, Coconino County, Arizona, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni)  
Taenite: gamma-(Fe,Ni)  
Troilite: FeS

Comments: Polished and acid etched slice, with crust, illustrating Widmanstaaten lines, with taenite darker areas between kamacite crystals, with tarnished troilite inclusions, in fine octahedrite meteorite.
Location: Gibeon Meteorite, found 1836, Great Namaqualand, Hardap, Namibia. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Kamacite: alpha-(Fe,Ni)  
Melliniite: (Ni,Fe)4P

Comments: Reflected-light image displaying an anhedral fragment of creamy-yellowish melliniite(1) associated with kamacite (2). AmMin, v91, p453.
Location: Northwest Africa 1054 acapulcoite. Scale: See Image.
© American Mineralogist