Oregonite | |
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General | |
Category | Sulfide minerals |
Formula (repeating unit) | Ni2 Fe As2 |
IMA symbol | Ore [1] |
Strunz classification | 2.BB.05 |
Crystal system | Hexagonal Unknown space group |
Identification | |
Color | white |
Mohs scale hardness | 5 |
Luster | metallic |
References | [2] [3] [4] |
Oregonite, Ni2 Fe As2 is a nickel iron arsenide mineral first described from Josephine Creek, Oregon, United States.
Oregonite crystallises in the hexagonal crystal system and has a Mohs hardness of 5.
Oregonite is known, apart from its type locality, from the Chirnaisky Massif, Russia, associated with hydrothermal nickel minerals ( millerite, heazelwoodite) in a metamorphosed ultramafic; from the Skouriatissa mine, Cyprus, associated with VMS mineralisation; and from the Kidd Mine, Timmins, Ontario, Canada within serpentinite-hosted chromite deposits.
Oregonite | |
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General | |
Category | Sulfide minerals |
Formula (repeating unit) | Ni2 Fe As2 |
IMA symbol | Ore [1] |
Strunz classification | 2.BB.05 |
Crystal system | Hexagonal Unknown space group |
Identification | |
Color | white |
Mohs scale hardness | 5 |
Luster | metallic |
References | [2] [3] [4] |
Oregonite, Ni2 Fe As2 is a nickel iron arsenide mineral first described from Josephine Creek, Oregon, United States.
Oregonite crystallises in the hexagonal crystal system and has a Mohs hardness of 5.
Oregonite is known, apart from its type locality, from the Chirnaisky Massif, Russia, associated with hydrothermal nickel minerals ( millerite, heazelwoodite) in a metamorphosed ultramafic; from the Skouriatissa mine, Cyprus, associated with VMS mineralisation; and from the Kidd Mine, Timmins, Ontario, Canada within serpentinite-hosted chromite deposits.