| Haxonite | |
| Category: | Native element minerals |
| Imasymbol: | Hax[1] |
| Strunz: | 1.BA.10 |
| System: | Isometric Unknown space group |
| Mohs: | - 6 |
Haxonite is an iron nickel carbide mineral found in iron meteorites and carbonaceous chondrites. It has a chemical formula of, crystallises in the cubic crystal system and has a Mohs hardness of - 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.[2]
It occurs associated with kamacite, taenite, schreibersite, cohenite, pentlandite and magnetite.[3]