Fig. 3: Back scattered electron (BSE) image from the noble metal partitioning experiment with pentlandite and troilite at 1020 °C. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: Back scattered electron (BSE) image from the noble metal partitioning experiment with pentlandite and troilite at 1020 °C.

From: Percolative sulfide core formation in oxidized planetary bodies

Fig. 3

Peritecic reaction of the FeNiS melt with troilite produced Ni-rich (6.9 wt%) monosulfide solid solution. Pentlandite-rich FeNiS melts quenched to form intergrowths of pentlandite, awaruite metal, and dendrites of Ni-rich MSS with the same composition as peritectic crystals.

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