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Nickelphosphide

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Description
Locality: 
Butler Meteorite, Bates County, Missouri, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Polished section (from microprobe analysis) of the extremely rare mineral nickelphosphide from the type locality in Butler meteorite (plessitic octahedrit iron anomalous).

Associated minerals are taenite and kamacite.

Ex.Dr.Hartel specimen, ex Christian Rewitzer specimen.

Very old find from 1874 !

A rarity belonging to the Group I of Phosphides

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nickelphosphide

Formula: 
(Ni,Fe)3P
Strunz: 
1.BD.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Butler meteorite, Bates Co., Missouri, USA

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