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Mäkinenite

Formula:
γ-NiSe
System:TrigonalColour:Yello
Lustre:Metallic
Name:Named for Eero Mäkinen (1886-1953), Finnish geologist.
This page provides mineralogical data about Mäkinenite.

Classification of Mäkinenite

IMA status:Approved
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.CC.20

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
C : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)
C : With Ni, Fe, Co, PGE, etc.
Dana 7th edition ID:2.8.16.1
Dana 8th edition ID:2.8.16.2

2 : SULFIDES
8 : AmXp, with m:p = 1:1
Hey's CIM Ref.:3.11.14

3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
11 : Sulphides etc. of Ni
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Type Occurrence of Mäkinenite

Type Locality:Kitka River Valley, Kuusamo, Oulun (Oulu) Lääni, Finland

Physical Properties of Mäkinenite

Lustre:Metallic
Colour:Yello
Streak:(not reported)

Crystallography of Mäkinenite

Crystal System:Trigonal

Chemical Properties of Mäkinenite

Formula:
γ-NiSe
Essential elements:Ni, Se
All elements listed in formula:Ni, Se

Relationship of Mäkinenite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
2.CC.05Achavalite
FeSe
2.CC.05Breithauptite
NiSb
2.CC.05Freboldite
CoSe
2.CC.05Hexatestibiopanickelite
Ni(Te,Sb)
2.CC.05Kotulskite
Pd(Te,Bi)
 
1-2
2.CC.05Langisite
(Co,Ni)As ratio Co:Ni = 5:1
2.CC.05Nickeline
NiAs
2.CC.05Sederholmite
NiSe Beta-NiSe
2.CC.05Sobolevskite
PdBi
2.CC.05Stumpflite
Pt(Sb,Bi)
2.CC.05Sudburyite
(Pd,Ni)Sb
2.CC.05Jaipurite
CoS
2.CC.05Zlatogorite
NiCuSb
 
2
2.CC.05Vavřínite
Ni
 
2
SbTe
 
2
2.CC.10Pyrrhotite
Fe
 
0.83-1
S
2.CC.10Smythite
(Fe,Ni)
 
9
S
 
11
2.CC.10Troilite
FeS
2.CC.15Cherepanovite
RhAs
2.CC.15Modderite
(Co,Fe)As
2.CC.15Ruthenarsenite
(Ru,Ni)As
2.CC.15Westerveldite
(Fe,Ni,Co)As
2.CC.20Millerite
NiS
2.CC.25Mackinawite
(Fe,Ni)
 
9
S
 
8
2.CC.30Braggite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
2.CC.30Cooperite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
2.CC.30Vysotskite
(Pd,Ni)S
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
3.11.1Heazlewoodite
Ni
 
3
S
 
2
3.11.2Godlevskite
(Ni,Fe)
 
9
S
 
8
3.11.3Millerite
NiS
3.11.4Polydymite
Ni
2+
 
Ni
3+
2
S
 
4
3.11.5Vaesite
NiS
 
2
3.11.6Shandite
Ni
 
3
Pb
 
2
S
 
2
3.11.7Donharrisite
Ni
 
8
Hg
 
3
S
 
9
3.11.8Violarite
Fe
2+
 
Ni
3+
2
S
 
4
3.11.9Pentlandite
(Fe,Ni)
 
9
S
 
8
3.11.10Bravoite
(Fe,Ni)S
 
2
3.11.11Siegenite
CoNi
 
2
S
 
4
3.11.12Fletcherite
Cu(Ni,Co)
 
2
S
 
4
3.11.13Villamanínite
(Cu,Ni,Co,Fe)S
 
2
3.11.15Sederholmite
NiSe Beta-NiSe
3.11.16Trüstedtite
Ni
 
3
Se
 
4
3.11.17Wilkmanite
Ni
 
3
Se
 
4
3.11.18Kullerudite
NiSe
 
2
3.11.19Penroseite
(Ni,Co,Cu)Se
 
2
3.11.20Tyrrellite
Cu(Co
3+
 
,Ni
3+
 
)
 
2
Se
 
4
3.11.21Imgreite
NiTe (?)
3.11.22Melonite
NiTe
 
2
3.11.23Kitkaite
NiTeSe
3.11.24Dienerite
Ni
 
3
As
3.11.25Orcelite
Ni
 
5-x
As
 
2
3.11.26Maucherite
Ni
 
11
As
 
8
3.11.27Nickeline
NiAs
3.11.28Rammelsbergite
NiAs
 
2
3.11.29Pararammelsbergite
NiAs
 
2
3.11.30Nickelskutterudite
NiAs
 
2-3
3.11.31Oregonite
Ni
 
2
FeAs
 
2
3.11.32Westerveldite
(Fe,Ni,Co)As
3.11.33Langisite
(Co,Ni)As ratio Co:Ni = 5:1
3.11.34Gersdorffite
NiAsS
3.11.35Jolliffeite
NiAsSe
3.11.36Breithauptite
NiSb
3.11.38Ullmannite
NiSbS
3.11.39Willyamite
(Co,Ni)SbS
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping):
2.8.16.1Millerite
NiS

Other Names for Mäkinenite

German names:
Mäkinenit
Russian names:
Мэкиненит
Spanish names:
Mäkinenita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Mäkinenite

Reference List:American Mineralogist (1965): 50: 519-520.

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    Localities for Mäkinenite

    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Finland
     
    • Oulun (Oulu) Lääni
      • Kuusamo
    		Compt.Rend.Soc.Geol.Finland,(1964) 36, 113-125
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