{{Short description|Carbide mineral}} {{Infobox mineral | name = Haxonite | image = Haxonite.jpg | alt = | caption = | category = Native element minerals | formula = {{chem2|(Fe,Ni)23C6}} | IMAsymbol = Hax<ref>{{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}}</ref> | molweight = | strunz = 1.BA.10 | system = Isometric <br/>Unknown space group | symmetry = | unit cell = | color = | colour = | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = | fracture = | tenacity = | mohs = {{frac|5|1|2}} - 6 | luster = | streak = | diaphaneity = | gravity = | density = | polish = | opticalprop = | refractive = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | 2V = | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | other = | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = }}
'''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.<ref name=Mindat/><ref name=HBM/>
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.<ref name=Mindat>[http://www.mindat.org/min-1836.html Mindat.org]</ref>
It occurs associated with kamacite, taenite, schreibersite, cohenite, pentlandite and magnetite.<ref name=HBM>[http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/haxonite.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy]</ref>
==See also== * Glossary of meteoritics * Edscottite
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Category:Carbide minerals Category:Iron minerals Category:Nickel minerals Category:Meteorite minerals Category:Cubic minerals Category:Native element minerals