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Oregonite With Awaruite

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Oregonite With Awaruite

Ex F. Bauer, Munich, Germany
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Description
Locality: 
Josephine Creek Placer, Josephine Creek, Josephine County, Oregon, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1.4 × 0.6 cm
Weight: 
2.30gr
Description

Looks like a meteorite but is in fact a Ni-Fe arsenide (Oregonite) plus rare terrestrial nickel-iron (josephinite resp. awaruite). Strongly magnetic. From the type locality "Josephine Creek placers, Josephine Creek Mining District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA".

The specimen was originally purchased by F. Bauer in 1977 from Dr. Georg Gebhard in Osterode, Harz Mountains, Germany. Gebhardt is a well-known german mineral collector, Harz mountains expert and author of many books on mineralogy, localities and mining areas as well, e.g. 'Mineralienlexikon - Das Verzeichnis aller Mineralien', 'Lapis Mineralienverzeichnis', 'Harzer Bergbau und Minerale: St. Andreasberg', 'Tsumeb - Eine deutsch-afrikanische Geschichte', and many others.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Oregonite

Formula: 
Ni2FeAs2
Strunz: 
2.BB.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Josephine Creek placers, Josephine Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA

Awaruite

Formula: 
Ni3Fe
Strunz: 
1.AE.20
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Gorge river, South Westland, South Island, New Zealand

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