Category Sulfide minerals Strunz classification 2.BB.05 Mohs scale hardness 5 | Formula(repeating unit) Ni2FeAs2 Color white | |
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Crystal system HexagonalUnknown space group | ||
Oregonite, Ni2FeAs2 is a nickel iron arsenide mineral first described from Josephine Creek, Oregon, US.
Oregonite crystallises in the hexagonal crystal system and has a Mohs hardness of 5.
Occurrence
Oregonite is known, apart from its type locality, from the Chirnaisky Massif, Russia, associated with hydrothermal nickel minerals (millerite, heazelwoodite) in a metamorphosed ultramafic; from the Skouriatissa mine, Cyprus, associated with VMS mineralisation; and from the Kidd Mine, Timmins, Ontario, Canada within serpentinite-hosted chromite deposits.
References
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