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    many years. The most common names for these figures are Widmanstätten pattern and Widmanstätten structure; however, there are some spelling variations:...
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  • commonly referred to as the Widmanstätten pattern after a similar discovery in 1808 by Count Alois von Beckh Widmanstätten, the director of the Imperial...
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    (H): low nickel, no Widmanstätten pattern, may present Neumann lines; Octahedrites (O): average to high nickel, Widmanstätten patterns, most common class...
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    that can be seen by etching or in thin sections of meteorites. The Widmanstätten pattern forms when meteoric iron cools and kamacite is exsolved from taenite...
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  • Thumbnail for Alois von Beck Widmanstätten
    Widmanstätten. He is known for recognizing a unique pattern of cross-hatching lines on the surface of iron-rich meteorites, now called Widmanstätten patterns...
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    meteorite provides a classic example of fine octahedrite and the Widmanstätten pattern is appreciated for its beauty both by collectors and designers of...
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    history of plants Mathematics and art Morphogenesis Pattern formation Widmanstätten pattern Footnotes The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take...
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    is the achondritic iron-nickel octahedrite mineral seen in the Widmanstätten pattern that is found in a number of iron-rich meteorites. Consisting of...
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    taenite. Widmanstätten told many of his colleagues about these patterns in correspondence leading to them being referred to as Widmanstätten patterns in most...
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    schreibersite (3.4 vol%) and minor troilite, cohenite, and daubréelite. The Widmanstätten pattern has bandwidths of kamacite in a range of 0.9–1.8 mm and an average...
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    camouflage patterns used on ships in World War I. Others describe patterns within the arc as resembling herringbone or Widmanstätten patterns. The visual...
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    octahedrites it is found in bands interleaving with kamacite forming Widmanstätten patterns, whereas in ataxites it is the dominant constituent. In octahedrites...
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    class of iron meteorites with a high nickel content and show no Widmanstätten patterns upon etching. Ataxites are composed mainly of meteoric iron, a native...
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    orthopyroxene content (about 5%). Metal matrix shows a fine octahedrite Widmanstätten pattern. Pallasite ungrouped (P-ung): Specimens that don't fit into any...
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    Octahedrites can be grouped by the dimensions of kamacite lamellae in the Widmanstätten pattern, which are related to the nickel content: Coarsest octahedrites...
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  • mass-to-charge ratio, symbol: Th Thomson structures, synonym for Widmanstätten patterns Thomson, abbreviation used to indicate Thomas Thomson when citing...
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    Willamette has a recrystallized structure with only traces of a medium Widmanstätten pattern; the result of a significant impact-heating event on the parent...
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    which form at specific angles determined by the lattice, called Widmanstatten patterns. Ionic compounds typically form when a metal reacts with a non-metal...
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    Slice (across 9.6 cm) of a Muonionalusta meteorite fragment, showing the Widmanstätten pattern....
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    Widmanstätten pattern in NiFe octahedrite meteorite...
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    shows an interesting, rarely seen feature of iron meteorites. The Widmanstätten pattern on the left hand side of the specimen is visibly bent. This is caused...
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    Fall date 49000 years ago Found date 1891 TKW 30 tonnes Strewn field Yes Etched slice showing a Widmanstätten pattern Related media on Wikimedia Commons...
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    Widmanstätten pattern of a fragment of the Cape York meteorite...
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    A Wabar meteorite: etched section showing the Widmanstätten pattern....
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    the constituents in the solid state, such as found in ancient methods of pattern welding (solid-solid), shear steel (solid-solid), or crucible steel production...
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    revealed by chemical attack, shows needle-like grains typical of a Widmanstätten pattern. Upon annealing below the phase transition temperature (α-Zr to...
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    since both contain significant amounts of nickel and both had Widmanstätten patterns. Most scientists at the time believed that no un-oxidized telluric...
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    Nantan Meteorite, it was treated to show the Widmanstätten patterns. We can see also troilite nodules. Photo; MeteoritesLab.org...
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  • Kelvin Thomson structure (a.k.a. Widmanstätten pattern) – William (Guglielmo) Thomson (or Count Alois von Beckh Widmanstätten) Thorndike's laws (of effect...
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    Azeri researcher Mirali Qashqai. The meteorite features a sizeable Widmanstätten pattern and an anomalously low amount of tritium. Similar tritium anomalies...
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