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Tredouxite Willemseite & Trevorite

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Tredouxite Willemseite & Trevorite

EDS analysed specimen

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Description
Locality: 
Bon Accord Nickel Deposit, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 2.4 × 2.1 cm
Description

EDS confirmed tredouxite inclusions (yellow masses) in black trevorite and mint-green willemseite (Raman conf.). The sample might also host olive green nimite. 

Analysis attached. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tredouxite

Formula: 
NiSb2O6
Group Parent: 
Byströmite Group
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Type Locality: 
Bon Accord Deposit, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Isostructural with: 
Byströmite

Willemseite

Formula: 
(Ni,Mg)3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.EC.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Scotia Talc mine, Bon Accord, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Trevorite

Formula: 
Ni2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Bon Accord Ni Deposit, Bon Accord, Barberton, Ehlanzeni District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Tredouxite Willemseite & Trevorite
Analysis Report - only: Tredouxite Willemseite & Trevorite