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Perryite

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Kota-Kota Meteorite, Nkhotakota, Central Region, Malawi
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1 × 0.6 cm
Description

Brown metallic crystal aggregates of the extremely rare Fe-Ni silicide mineral perryite from a meteorite in Malawi., in an analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS. 

Oxygen in the spectrum is due to residual atmospheric air in the vacuum chamber.

Don't miss the opportunity to get this extreme rarity almost never seen in the mineral market.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Perryite

Formula: 
(Ni,Fe)5(Si,P)2
Strunz: 
1.BB.10
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Horse Creek meteorite, Baca Co., Colorado, USA

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