Otwayite
Otway Ni deposit, Nullagine, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Minute fibrous masses of this rare nickel mineral. Dealer suspects likely intergrown with pecoraite, nullaginite, gaspeite. Comes from American dealer Forrest Cureton's trip to Australia in 1978. First described only one year before, and named after Australian (Perth)prospector Charles Albert Otway, who owned the lease and allowed the CSIRO to ...