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Formula: Al3Fe
Alloy of aluminium and iron
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Specific gravity: 3.84 calculated
Common impurities: Cu
Environments
Metamorphic environments
Meteorites
Localities
At the type locality, the Khatyrka meteorite, Iomrautvaam massif, Anadyrsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug,
Russia, hollisterite has been found in the
carbonaceous chondrite as a single subhedral crystal,
2 x 7 microns in size. Associated minerals include native aluminium,
chromite, native copper,
corundum, hercynite,
icosahedrite, native iron,
khatyrkite, magnetite,
naquite, native nickel,
stolperite, suessite,
taenite and xifengite
(Mindat).
Hollisterite from the Khatyrka meteorite -
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