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taenite
The less common of the two nickel-iron alloys found in iron meteorites; the other is kamacite. Taenite contains 27 to 65% nickel, and forms small crystals that appear as highly reflecting thin ribbons on the etched surface of a meteorite; its name comes for the Greek word for "ribbon."
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