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==Subgroups== [[File:ZacatecasMeteoriteGDL cropped.JPG|thumb|280px|The Zacatecas Meteorite found in 1782 in Zacatecas Mexico, weighing 780kg.]] {{see also|Iron meteorite#Structural classification}} Octahedrites can be grouped by the dimensions of kamacite lamellae in the [[WidmanstΓ€tten pattern]], which are related to the [[nickel]] content:<ref>James H. Shirley,Rhodes Whitmore Fairbridge, ''Encyclopedia of planetary sciences'', Springer, 1997. {{ISBN|978-0-412-06951-2}}</ref> * Coarsest octahedrites, lamellae width >3.3 mm, 5β9% Ni, symbol Ogg * Coarse octahedrites, lamellae 1.3β3.3 mm, 6.5β8.5% Ni, symbol Og * Medium octahedrites, lamellae 0.5β1.3 mm, 7β13% Ni, symbol Om * Fine octahedrites, lamellae 0.2β0.5 mm, 7.5β13% Ni, symbol Of * Finest octahedrites, lamellae <0.2 mm, 17β18% Ni, symbol Off * Plessitic octahedrites, kamacite spindles, a transitional structure between octahedrites and [[ataxite]]s,<ref>Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 45, Ed. 9β12</ref> 9β18% Ni, symbol Opl
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