Nickeline [ NiAs ]

Material properties

Formula NiAs
Abbreviation Nc
IMA Status Approved (IMA 1967 s.p.)
Crystal symmetry Hexagonal, Point group 6/mmm, Space group P63/mcm (#193)
Spectra SXES (1)
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Tags Arsenide, Mineral

Composition

Element Atoms
As 1
Ni 1
Total: 2

Specimens of Nickeline

Name Owner Materials Phase purity Image Spectra Techniques
M0285 Nickeline CSIRO Arsenolite, Nickeline (74.5%), Pararammelsbergite, Quartz, Rammelsbergite 74.5 0
M0287 Nickeline CSIRO Köttigite, Maucherite, Nickeline (74.0%), Paragersdorffite, Tennantite-(Cu) 74.0 0
NiAs Hyper1-28 CSIRO Nickel arsenide (var. Ni0.77As), Nickel bismuth sulphide (var. Ni3Bi2S2), Nickeline, Nickel sulphide (var. Mo, As) 1 SXES