plessite
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English
Noun
plessite (plural plessites)
- 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.