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