Awaruite Gallery

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Awaruite : Ni₃Fe
	Onot river, Eastern Sayan, Sayan Mts, Southern Siberia, Russia Awaruite grains from placiers along Onot river crosscuting nephrite-bearing gyperbasic massif. Awaruite composition is very close to Ni3Fe. FOV is ~12x10 mm. Collected by German S. Ripp before 1990. Pavel M. Kartashov collection and photo.
© Pavel M. Kartashov	Photo ID: 117309 View Count: 253
Awaruite : Ni₃Fe, Serpentine Group : D₂[Si₂O₅](OH)4 + or - nH₂O
	Quadrada, Selva, Puschlav (Poschiavo Valley), Grischun (Grisons; Graubünden), Switzerland Awaruite grains in cut unpolished serpentenite slab. FOV is ~3x2 mm. Collected by Stephano Cushet before 1994. Pavel M. Kartashov collection (#3295) and photo.
© Pavel M. Kartashov	Photo ID: 117311 View Count: 228
Awaruite : Ni₃Fe
	Josephine Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA This chunk of Josephinite is very magnetic. It is 2 3/8" on longest side, 2" widest side, and 1/2" deep. It was collected on private property with the owners permission.
	Photo ID: 238703 View Count: 49
Awaruite : Ni₃Fe
	Josephine Creek, Josephine Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA 2.2 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm. Awaruite is a nickel-iron alloy-bearing rock named after its place of origin, Josephine County in southwestern Oregon. These awaruite pebbles occur as detritus in several streams that originate and flow across the Josephine Peridotite. This pebble/nugget weighs 13 grams. It was in the Millard Grobon collection, and after that ...
© Rob Lavinsky	Photo ID: 117868 View Count: 374
Awaruite : Ni₃Fe, Limonite : FeO(OH)·nH₂O
	Josephine Creek, Josephine Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA This 2.5x4 cm nugget is a classic Josephinite, now called Awaruite. Mark Mauthner photo, RWMW collection
© RWMW	Photo ID: 10906 View Count: 1654
Awaruite : Ni₃Fe
	Josephine Creek, Josephine Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA size:1cm. Paul Bongaerts specimen and photograph
© Paul Bongaerts	Photo ID: 25551 View Count: 460
Awaruite : Ni₃Fe
	Josephine Creek, Josephine Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA sample size: 14 X 10 mm Collection and photo: Arliguie M
© Arliguie M	Photo ID: 89132 View Count: 230
Awaruite : Ni₃Fe
	Josephine Creek, Josephine Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA Polished section of 1/4 pebble of "josephinite" - the specific serpentine-awaruite rock from its type locality. It is well visible, that finegrained silicate-awaruite matrix of the rock is crosscut by veinlets of pure awaruite. FOV is ~12x10 mm. Pavel M. Kartashov collection (#2225) and photo.
© Pavel M. Kartashov	Photo ID: 117525 View Count: 201
Awaruite : Ni₃Fe
	Josephine Creek, Josephine Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA A typical rounded nugget of “Josephinite”, strongly magnetic (Overall 1.8 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm). JFC specimen (#00608) and photograph.
© JF Carpentier 2007	Photo ID: 99277 View Count: 173
Awaruite : Ni₃Fe
	Josephine Creek, Josephine Creek District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA 1.5 cm stream-rounded placer nugget. Labeled as "oregonite", but this specimen is visually identical to the much more common awaruite, and has not been tested to confirm identity. They are easily distinguished, as awaruite is strongly magnetic, while oregonite is not. S034-25 Excalibur Mineral specimen.
© 2008, JGW	Photo ID: 146564 View Count: 163