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| Widmanstã¤Tten Figures Widmanstã¤Tten P |
A characteristic geometrical pattern revealed when certain types of metallic meteorite are cut, polished and etched with dilute acid. They arise from the crystalline intergrowth of two different forms of iron-nickel alloy, kamacite and taenite.
See also: octahedrite.
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