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Nickeline & Gersdorffite

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Nickeline & Gersdorffite

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Description
Locality: 
Heimberg Quarry, Wolfshagen, Lautenthal, Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3.6 × 1.6 cm
Description

A massive example of nickeline with gersdorffite dated back to Sept. 1987.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nickeline

Formula: 
NiAs
Strunz: 
2.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Gersdorffite

Formula: 
NiAsS
Strunz: 
2.EB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Zinkwand, Obertalbach valley, Schladminger Tauern, Schladming, Styria, Austria