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Gersdorffite from
Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Gersdorffite
Formula:NiAsS
Comments:"An analysis by Fairchild, published in 1931, and quoted in the Seventh Edition of “Dana’s System of Mineralogy”, gave: iron 3.9, cobalt 0.7, nickel 31.6, antimony 9.1, arsenic 34.9, sulfur 17.1, and bismuth 0.4%" (Schooner 1958); with the ore minerals at Shepard's Lode (Gray 2005).
Habit:grains
Quality for species:Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Löllingite2 photos of Gersdorffite associated with Löllingite at this locality.
Nickeline2 photos of Gersdorffite associated with Nickeline at this locality.
Annabergite2 photos of Gersdorffite associated with Annabergite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gersdorffite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Great Hill cobalt mines, Cobalt, East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:132141
Long-form Identifier:1:3:132141:8
GUID (UUID V4):20c9aaba-7234-4df4-92a4-3bbe6c0058a1
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