Oregonite

Oregonite
Oregonite
	Oregonite, awaruite (dimensions: 11 mm x 4 mm x 5 mm)
General
Category	Sulfide minerals
Formula	Ni2FeAs2
IMA symbol	Ore
Strunz classification	2.BB.05
Crystal system	Hexagonal ; Unknown space group
Identification
Color	white
Mohs scale hardness	5
Luster	metallic
References

Oregonite, Ni₂Fe As₂ is a nickel iron arsenide mineral first described from Josephine Creek, Oregon, United States.

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

Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
Mineralienatlas
Oregonite on Mindat.org
Webmineral data

[1] Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.

[atlas-2] Mineralienatlas

[Mindat-3] Oregonite on Mindat.org

[Webmin-4] Webmineral data

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