Osbornite

Osbornite is a naturally occurring variety of titanium nitride which has been found in meteorites and was first discovered in the in the late nineteenth century.^[1] Its crystals are golden-yellow octahedrons, combined with oldhamite. It is friable and does not dissolve in acids.^[2]

References[]

^ Carr, L. P.; Pillinger, C. T. "Nitrogen Isotopic Composition of Osbornite from the Bustee Meteorite". Lunar and Planetary Science. XV: 129–130. Bibcode:1984LPI....15..129C.
^ E.L. Krinov (1960). Principles of Meteorics. Pergamon Press. p. 335.

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[1] Carr, L. P.; Pillinger, C. T. "Nitrogen Isotopic Composition of Osbornite from the Bustee Meteorite". Lunar and Planetary Science. XV: 129–130. Bibcode:1984LPI....15..129C.

[2] E.L. Krinov (1960). Principles of Meteorics. Pergamon Press. p. 335.

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