Inversion twinning in troilite

Abstract

The crystal structure of troilite from chondrites Etter and Georgetown and a troilite analog synthesized by sulfurization of an iron wire was refined using single-crystal X-ray data.

Keywords

• troilite
• crystal structure
• absolute structure
• inversion twin
• meteorite
• chondrite
• Etter
• Georgetown
• absolute-structure
• structural aspects
• alpha-transition
• configuration
• FeS