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Eisleben, Mansfeld Basin, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
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Formula:
NiAs
System:HexagonalColour:Pale copper red
Lustre:MetallicHardness:5 - 5½
Member of:Nickeline Group
Name:From the German nickname for the ore miners called 'kupfernickel' (copper nickel); after Old Nick and his mischievous gnomes, because the ore seemed to contain copper but yielded none.


Nickeline Group.

Classification of Nickeline

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/C.20-20
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.CC.05

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 8th edition ID:2.8.11.1

2 : SULFIDES
8 : AmXp, with m:p = 1:1
Hey's CIM Ref.:3.11.27

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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Physical Properties of Nickeline

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Pale copper red
Comment:Tarnishes to Lead grey, greyish, or black
Streak:Pale Brownish black
Hardness (Mohs):5 - 5½
Tenacity:Brittle
Fracture:Conchoidal
Density (measured):7.784 g/cm3
Density (calculated):7.834 g/cm3

Crystallography of Nickeline

Crystal System:Hexagonal
Class (H-M):6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) - Dihexagonal Dipyramidal
Space Group:P63/mcm {P63/m 2/c 2/m}
Cell Parameters:a = 3.602Å, c = 5.009Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 1.391
Unit Cell Volume:V 56.28 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:2
Twinning:On {1011} producing fourlings, possibly on {3141}
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Optical Data of Nickeline

Type:Anisotropic
Anisotropism:Very strong, light greenish yellow to slate-gray
Colour in reflected light:white with strong yellowish pink hue
Pleochroism:Strong
Comments:Whitish yellow-pink to light brownish pink.

Chemical Properties of Nickeline

Formula:
NiAs
Essential elements:As, Ni
All elements listed in formula:As, Ni
Common Impurities:Sb,Fe,Co,S

Relationship of Nickeline to other Species

Member of:Nickeline Group
Other Members of Group:

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Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

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2.CC.UM2007-26-S:CuFeIrNiPtRh
(Ir,Cu,Ni,Pt,Rh,Fe)
 
9
S
 
11
2.CC.05Achavalite
(Fe,Cu)Se
2.CC.05Breithauptite
NiSb
2.CC.05Freboldite
CoSe
2.CC.05Kotulskite
Pd(Te,Bi)
 
1-2
2.CC.05Langisite
(Co,Ni)As
2.CC.05Sederholmite
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.10Pyrrhotite
Fe
 
1-x
S (x = 0 to 0.17)
2.CC.10Smythite
(Fe,Ni)
 
3+x
S
 
4
 (x=0-0.3)
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.20Mäkinenite
γ-NiSe
2.CC.20UM1990-38-S:CuFeIrNiPtRh
(Ir,Pt,Ni,Fe)S
2.CC.25Mackinawite
(Fe,Ni)
 
9
S
 
8
2.CC.30Hexatestibiopanickelite
(Pd,Ni)(Sb,Te)
2.CC.30Vavřínite
Ni
 
2
SbTe
 
2
2.CC.35aBraggite
(Pt,Pd,Ni)S
2.CC.35bCooperite
PtS
2.CC.35aVysotskite
(Pd,Ni)S
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

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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
 -NiCo
 
2
S
 
4
3.11.12Fletcherite
Cu(Ni,Co)
 
2
S
 
4
3.11.13Villamaninite
(Cu,Ni,Co,Fe)S
 
2
3.11.14Mäkinenite
γ-NiSe
3.11.15Sederholmite
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
3.11.25Orcelite
Ni
 
5-x
As
 
2
3.11.26Maucherite
Ni
 
11
As
 
8
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
3.11.34Gersdorffite
NiAsS
3.11.35Jolliffeite
NiAsSe
3.11.36Breithauptite
NiSb
3.11.38Ullmannite
NiSbS
3.11.39Willyamite
(Co,Ni)SbS

Other Names for Nickeline

Synonyms:
Arsenical NickelCopper NickelKupfernickelKupfernickerKupfernikkel
Nickelite
Other Languages:
Basque:Nikelina
Finnish:Nikkoliitti
French:Nickéline
German:Nickelin
Arsennickel
Niccolit
Nickelit
Rotnickelkies
Greek:Νικελίνης
Hungarian:Nikkelin
Italian:Niccolite
Norwegian (Bokmål):Kobbernikkel
Polish:Nikielin
Russian:Никелин
Simplified Chinese:红砷镍矿
Slovak:Nikelín
Spanish:Niccolita
Nickelita
Niquel Rojo
Ukrainian:Нікелін

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 Nickeline

Reference List:

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Zeitschrift für Kristallographie (1933): 84: 408.

Palache, Charles, Harry Berman & Clifford Frondel (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 834pp.: 236-238.

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