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    Haxonite
    Hax
    NiFe22C6
    NiFe22C6
    Ni Fe C
    Mineral described, but not named:
    Scott E R D (1971) New carbide, (Fe,Ni)23C6, found in iron meteorites. Nature 229, 61-62
    Haxonite is named:
    Atkins F B (1972) New Minerals 72-547. Scott, E. R. D. (1971) New carbide, (Fe,Ni)23C6, found in iron meteorites. Mineralogical Abstracts 32, 49-49  [view file]
    Chemical formula changed from (Fe,Ni)23C6 to NiFe22C6:
    Vereshchagin O S, Gorelova L A, Shilovskikh V V, Vlasenko N S, Pagano R, Britvin S N (2026) Haxonite revisited, NiFe22C6: New crystal-chemical formulae and Fe-Ni ordering as a structure-stabilizing factor. American Mineralogist 111, Preprint ; https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2025-10067  [view file]
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    Atkins F B (1972) New Minerals 72-547. Scott, E. R. D. (1971) New carbide, (Fe,Ni)23C6, found in iron meteorites. Mineralogical Abstracts 32, 49-49  [view file]
    Fleischer M (1974) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 59, 208-212  [view file]
    Scott E R D (1971) New carbide, (Fe,Ni)23C6, found in iron meteorites. Nature 229, 61-62
    Vereshchagin O S, Gorelova L A, Shilovskikh V V, Vlasenko N S, Pagano R, Britvin S N (2026) Haxonite revisited, NiFe22C6: New crystal-chemical formulae and Fe-Ni ordering as a structure-stabilizing factor. American Mineralogist 111, Preprint ; https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2025-10067  [view file]