haxonite

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| name = Haxonite

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| category = Native element minerals

| formula = {{chem2|(Fe,Ni)23C6}}

| IMAsymbol = Hax{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}

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| strunz = 1.BA.10

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| mohs = {{frac|5|1|2}} - 6

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Haxonite is an iron nickel carbide mineral found in iron meteorites and carbonaceous chondrites. It has a chemical formula of {{chem2|(Fe,Ni)23C6}}, crystallises in the cubic crystal system and has a Mohs hardness of {{frac|5|1|2}} - 6.

It was first described in 1971, and named after Howard J. Axon (1924–1992), metallurgist at the University of Manchester, Manchester, England. Co-type localities are the Toluca meteorite, Xiquipilco, Mexico and the Canyon Diablo meteorite, Meteor Crater, Coconino County, Arizona, US.[http://www.mindat.org/min-1836.html Mindat.org]

It occurs associated with kamacite, taenite, schreibersite, cohenite, pentlandite and magnetite.[http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/haxonite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy]