plessite

English

Noun

plessite (plural plessites)

  1. A meteorite texture consisting of a fine-grained mixture of the minerals kamacite and taenite, found in the octahedrite iron meteorites.

Further reading
  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Plessite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “plessite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

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