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  • noun One of the names given by Reichenbach (in German Balkeneisen) to various peculiar forms observed in meteoric iron. See Widmannstättian figures, under figure.

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  • noun geology A meteoritic mineral which consists chiefly of iron and nickel

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek κάμαξ (kamaks, "vine-pole") and the English suffix -ite

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