Celestial Siderite
Alloys · Legendary · Ancient
The Sumerians and Akkadians had a word of their own for meteoric iron, an-bar, 'metal of the sky'. They held it sacred and made ritual objects of it long before iron was smelted from ore.
Identity
- Source
- Meteoric iron, the Sumerian AN.BAR
- Composition
- Iron, Nickel
- Over time
- Meteoric iron is an iron-nickel alloy of kamacite (5 to 10% nickel) and taenite (20 to 65%), richer in nickel and poorer in carbon than smelted iron.
- Also known as
- AN.BAR, Metal of Heaven, Sky iron
- Ores, before industry and since
- Goethite (Iron), Hematite (Iron), Limonite (Iron), Magnetite (Iron), Siderite (Iron)
- Ores of the industrial age
- Garnierite (Nickel), Limonite (Nickel), Nickeline (Nickel), Pentlandite (Nickel), Skutterudite (Nickel)
Physical Properties
- Appearance
- Dark grey with faint crystalline patterns, cold to the touch even in summer
- Luster
- Metallic
- Density
- 7.9 g/cm³
- Melting point
- 1500 °C
- Boiling point
- 2800 °C
- Lighter
- Iron
- Denser
- Atium
- Magnetism
- Ferromagnetic
- Electrical conductivity
- Medium
Mechanical Properties
- Mohs hardness
- 6
- Tensile strength
- 600 MPa
- Softer
- Steel
- Harder
- Damascus Steel
- Workability
- Difficult
- Brittleness
- Moderate
- Malleability
- Low
- Ductility
- Low
Chemical Properties
- Corrosion resistance
- Low
- Reactivity
- Moderate
Lore & Narrative
Meteoric iron is an alloy of iron and nickel, richer in nickel and poorer in carbon than any iron from a furnace.
- Notable uses
- Ritual objects
- Forge uses
- Ceremonial blades, Ritual tools, Relics
- Worldbuilding traits
- Meteoric, Divine, Celestial, Sacred
Sources
- Meteoric iron, Wikipedia
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