cohenite

{{Infobox mineral | name = Cohenite | category = Native element mineral, carbide | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Kristallstruktur Zementit.png | imagesize = | caption = Structure of cohenite (or cementite) | formula = (Fe,Ni,Co)3C | IMAsymbol=Coh | strunz = 1.BA.05 | system = Orthorhombic | class = Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) | symmetry = Pnma | unit cell = a = 5.09 Å, b = 6.74 Å, c = 4.52 Å; Z = 4 | color = Tin-white; oxidizes to light bronze then golden yellow | habit = Platy to needlelike crystals; also as rims on or in dendritic intergrowths with iron | twinning = | cleavage = Good on {100}, {010}, and {001} | fracture = | tenacity = Brittle | mohs = 5.5–6 | luster = Metallic | polish = | refractive = | opticalprop = | birefringence = | dispersion = | pleochroism = | fluorescence= | absorption = | streak = | gravity = 7.2–7.65 | density = | melt = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | diaphaneity = Opaque | other = Strongly magnetic | references = }}

Cohenite is a naturally occurring iron carbide mineral with the chemical structure (Fe, Ni, Co)3C. This forms a hard, shiny, silver mineral which was named by E. Weinschenk in 1889 after the German mineralogist Emil Cohen, who first described and analysed material from the Magura meteorite found near Slanica, Žilina Region, Slovakia. Cohenite is found in rod-like crystals in iron meteorites.