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Nickelaustinite

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Vein No. 52, Aït Ahmane, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco

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Formula:
Ca(Ni,Zn)[OH|AsO
 
4
]
System:OrthorhombicColour:grass green, yellow-green
Hardness:4
Name:Named after Austin Flint Rogers (1877-1957), American mineralogist at Stanford University, plus the NICKEL- prefix, in allusion to the dominance of Ni over Zn in the composition.


Adelite-Descloizite Group. The Nickel analogue of Austinite and Cobaltaustinite.

Classification of Nickelaustinite

IMA status:Approved 1985
Strunz 8th edition ID:7/B.26-20
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:8.BH.35

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
B : Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2O
H : With medium-sized and large cations, (OH,etc.):RO4 = 1:1
Dana 8th edition ID:41.5.1.7

41 : ANHYDROUS PHOSPHATES, ETC.CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
5 : (AB)2(XO4)Zq
Hey's CIM Ref.:20.10.11

20 : Arsenates (also arsenates with phosphate, but without other anions)
10 : Arsenates of Co and Ni
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Type Occurrence of Nickelaustinite

Type Locality:Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco
Year of Discovery:1987

Physical Properties of Nickelaustinite

Lustre:Silky
Colour:grass green, yellow-green
Streak:light green
Hardness (Mohs):4

Crystallography of Nickelaustinite

Crystal System:Orthorhombic
Cell Parameters:a = 7.45Å, b = 8.95Å, c = 5.91Å
Ratio:a:b:c = 0.832 : 1 : 0.66
Unit Cell Volume:V 394.06 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Nickelaustinite

Type:Biaxial (+)
RI values: nα = 1.770 nγ = 1.778
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.008

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:Moderate
Dispersion:relatively strong

Chemical Properties of Nickelaustinite

Formula:
Ca(Ni,Zn)[OH|AsO
 
4
]
Essential elements:As, Ca, H, Ni, O
All elements listed in formula:As, Ca, H, Ni, O, Zn
Common Impurities:Mg,Cu,Co

Relationship of Nickelaustinite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
8.BH.05Thadeuite
Ca(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)
 
3
[(OH,F)|PO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BH.10Durangite
NaAl[F|AsO
 
4
]
8.BH.10Isokite
CaMg[F|PO
 
4
]
8.BH.10Lacroixite
NaAl[F|PO
 
4
]
8.BH.10Maxwellite
NaFe
3+
 
[F|AsO
 
4
]
8.BH.10Panasqueiraite
CaMg[(OH,F)|PO
 
4
]
8.BH.10Tilasite
CaMg[F|AsO
 
4
]
8.BH.15Drugmanite
Pb(Fe
3+
 
,Al)
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BH.20Bjarebyite
(Ba,Sr)(Mn
2+
 
,Fe
2+
 
,Mg)
 
2
Al
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
3
8.BH.20Cirrolite
near Ca
 
3
Al
 
2
(PO
 
4
)
 
3
(OH)
 
3
8.BH.20Kulanite
Ba(Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
,Mg)
 
2
(Al,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
3
8.BH.20Penikisite
Ba(Mg,Fe
2+
 
,Ca)
 
2
Al
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
3
8.BH.20Perloffite
Ba(Mn
2+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)
 
2
Fe
3+
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
3
8.BH.20Johntomaite
BaFe
2+
2
Fe
3+
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
3
8.BH.25Bertossaite
(Li,Na)
 
2
(Ca,Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)Al
 
4
[(OH,F)|PO
 
4
]
 
4
8.BH.25Palermoite
(Li,Na)
 
2
(Sr,Ca)Al
 
4
[PO
 
4
]
 
4
(OH)
 
4
8.BH.30Carminite
PbFe
3+
2
[OH|AsO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BH.30Sewardite
CaFe
3+
2
(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
2
8.BH.35Adelite
CaMg[AsO
 
4
](OH)
8.BH.35Arsendescloizite
PbZn[OH|AsO
 
4
]
8.BH.35Austinite
CaZn[OH|AsO
 
4
]
8.BH.35Cobaltaustinite
CaCo[OH|AsO
 
4
]
8.BH.35Conichalcite
CaCu[OH|AsO
 
4
]
8.BH.35Duftite
PbCu[OH|AsO
 
4
]
8.BH.35Gabrielsonite
PbFe[OH|AsO
 
4
]
8.BH.35Tangeite
CaCu[OH|VO
 
4
]
8.BH.35Gottlobite
CaMg[OH|(VO
 
4
,AsO
 
4
)]
8.BH.40Čechite
Pb(Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)[OH|VO
 
4
]
8.BH.40Descloizite
Pb(Zn,Cu)[OH|VO
 
4
]
8.BH.40Mottramite
Pb(Cu,Zn)[OH|VO
 
4
]
8.BH.40Pyrobelonite
PbMn
2+
 
[OH|VO
 
4
]
8.BH.45Bayldonite
Cu
 
3
Pb[OH|AsO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BH.45Vésigniéite
BaCu
 
3
[OH|VO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BH.50Paganoite
NiBi[O|AsO
 
4
]
8.BH.55Jagowerite
BaAl
 
2
[OH|PO
 
4
]
 
2
8.BH.60Attakolite
(Ca,Sr)Mn(Al,Fe)
 
4
[(OH)
 
4
|(SiO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)|(HPO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)
 
3
]
8.BH.65Leningradite
PbCu
 
3
[Cl|VO
 
4
]
 
2
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
20.10.1Erythrite
Co
 
3
(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
·8H
 
2
O
20.10.2Cobaltaustinite
CaCo[OH|AsO
 
4
]
20.10.3Roselite
Ca
 
2
(Co
2+
 
,Mg)[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
20.10.4β-Roselite
Ca
 
2
(Co
2+
 
,Mg)[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
20.10.5Wendwilsonite
Ca
 
2
(Mg,Co
2+
 
)[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
20.10.6Cobaltkoritnigite
(Co,Zn)[HAsO
 
4
] · H
 
2
O
20.10.7Aerugite
Ni
 
8.5
(AsO
 
4
)
 
3
As
5+
 
O
 
8
20.10.8Xanthiosite
Ni
 
3
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
20.10.9Annabergite
Ni
 
3
(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
·8H
 
2
O
20.10.10Smolianinovite
(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)
 
3
(Fe
3+
 
,Al)
 
2
(AsO
 
4
)
 
4
·11H
 
2
O

Other Names for Nickelaustinite

Synonyms:
IMA1985-002
German names:
Nickelaustinit
Russian names:
Никельаустинит
Spanish names:
Nickelaustinita

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 Nickelaustinite

Reference List:Cesbron, F.P., D. Ginderow, R. Giraud, P. Pelisson, and F. Pillard (1987) La
nickelaustinite Ca(Ni, Zn)(AsO4)(OH): nouvelle esp`ece min´erale du district cobalto-nickelif`ere de Bou-Azzer, Maroc. Canadian Mineralogist: 25: 401–407 (in French with English abstract).

American Mineralogist (1988): 73: 930 (abstract), 936.

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    Localities for Nickelaustinite

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    • Attikí (Attica; Attika) Prefecture
      • Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium) District
        • Lavrion District Mines
          • Lavrion (Laurion; Laurium)
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    Morocco
     
    • Souss-Massa-Draâ Region
      • Ouarzazate Province
        • Tazenakht
    		S. Weiß: Lapis 31(7/8), 72-73 (2006)
            • Aït Ahmane
    		Favreau, G. and Dietrich, J. E. (2006). Die Mineralien von Bou Azzer. Lapis 31(7/8), 27-68
    Favreau, G. and Dietrich, J. E. (2006). Die Mineralien von Bou Azzer. Lapis 31(7/8), 27-68
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