Extremely rare Fe-Ni carbide mineral haxonite in a completely analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS. From: Cape York Meteorite, Cap York, Avannaata, Greenland. Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium. — Photo: David Hospital · CC BY-SA 4.0
Haxonite
An iron-nickel carbide of iron meteorites and carbonaceous chondrites.
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Haxonite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the organic mineral class, with the chemical formula (Fe,Ni)₂₃C₆.
It crystallizes in the cubic crystal system. It is a member of the Haxonite structural group.
Key properties: specific gravity 7.7.
IMA symbol Hax, IMA status: approved, named in 1971.
Found in iron meteorites and carbonaceous chondrites.
It is found associated with Kamacite, taenite, schreibersite, cohenite, pentlandite, magnetite.
The mineral was named to honor H.J. Axon, metallurgist at the University of Manchester, Manchester, England.