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Niningerite

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Indarch meteorite (Elizabethpol; Gindorcha; Glindorcha; Indarh; Indarkh; Schuscha; Suscha [NHM cat.]), Shusha, Naxçıvan (Naxcivan; Nakhichevan) District, Azerbaijan
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Formula:
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)S
System:IsometricColour:grey
Hardness:3½ - 4
Name:After Harvey Harlow Nininger (1887–1986), of Sedona, Arizona, USA, for his
contributions to meteoritics.
This page provides mineralogical data about Niningerite.

Classification of Niningerite

IMA status:Approved 1966
Strunz 8th edition ID:2/C.15-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:2.CD.10

2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
C : Metal Sulfides, M: S = 1: 1 (and similar)
D : With Sn, Pb, Hg, etc.
Hey's CIM Ref.:3.4.1

3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
4 : Sulphides etc. of Group II metals other than Hg (Mg, Ca, Zn, Cd)
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Type Occurrence of Niningerite

Type Locality:Indarch meteorite (Elizabethpol; Gindorcha; Glindorcha; Indarh; Indarkh; Schuscha; Suscha [NHM cat.]), Shusha, Naxçıvan (Naxcivan; Nakhichevan) District, Azerbaijan
Year of Discovery:1967

Physical Properties of Niningerite

Lustre:Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:grey
Hardness (Mohs):3½ - 4

Crystallography of Niningerite

Crystal System:Isometric
Cell Parameters:a = 5.2Å
Unit Cell Volume:V 140.61 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Optical Data of Niningerite

Type:Isotropic

Chemical Properties of Niningerite

Formula:
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)S
Essential elements:Mg, S
All elements listed in formula:Fe, Mg, Mn, S
Common Impurities:Ca,Zn,Cr

Relationship of Niningerite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
2.CD.05Herzenbergite
(Sn,Pb)SnS
 
2
2.CD.05Teallite
(Pb,Sn)SnS
 
2
2.CD.10Alabandite
Mn
2+
 
S
2.CD.10Altaite
PbTe
2.CD.10Clausthalite
PbSe
2.CD.10Galena
PbS
2.CD.10Oldhamite
(Ca,Mg)S
2.CD.10Keilite
(Fe
2+
 
,Mg)S
2.CD.15aCinnabar
HgS
2.CD.15bHypercinnabar
HgS
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
3.4.2Oldhamite
(Ca,Mg)S
3.4.3Mátraite
ZnS
3.4.4Sphalerite
(Zn,Fe
2+
 
)S
3.4.5Wurtzite
(Zn,Fe)S
3.4.6Stilleite
ZnSe
3.4.7Greenockite
CdS
3.4.8Hawleyite
CdS
3.4.9Cadmoselite
CdSe

Other Names for Niningerite

Synonyms:
IMA1966-036
Other Languages:
German:Niningerit
Russian:Нинингерит
Spanish:Niningerita

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 Niningerite

Reference List:Klaus, K. and K.G. Snetsinger (1967) Niningerite: a new meteoric sulfide. Science: 155: 451-543.

American Mineralogist (1967): 52: 925 (abstract).

Osborne, M.D. and Fleet, M.E. (1984) Mössbauer investigation of niningerite slid solutions (Mg,Fe)S. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals: 10: 245-249.

Leitch, C.A. and J.V. Smith (1982) Petrography, mineral chemistry and origin of type I enstatite chondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 46, 2083–2097.

Fleet, M.E. and MacRae, N.D. (1987) Sulfidation of Mg-rich olivine and the stability of niningerite in enstatite chondrites. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 51: 1511-1521.

Ehlers, K. and A. El Goresy (1988) Normal and reverse zoning in niningerite: a novel key parameter to the thermal histories of EH-chondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 52, 877–887.

National Bureau of Standards Circular 539, 7, 31.

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    Localities for Niningerite

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    Antarctica
     
    • Eastern Antarctica
      • Victoria Land
        • Allan Hills
    Azerbaijan
     
    • Naxçıvan (Naxcivan; Nakhichevan) District
      • Shusha
    		Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow; American Mineralogist, Volume 93, pages 902–909, 2008
    Pakistan
     
    • Punjab
    South Africa
     
    • Eastern Cape Province
    		Minerals of South Africa
    The Moon
     
    • Station 9 (Apollo 15 Base)
    		Meteoritical Bulletin, 81: July 1997
    USA
     
    • Texas
      • Lubbock Co.
    		Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (1989), 53(12), 3291-307
    Western Sahara
     
    • Saguia el Hamra
    		Patzer, A. et al. (2001) Meteoritics and Planetary Science 36, 1495-1505
    Yemen
     
    • South Yemen
    		Meteoritics & Planetary Science 39,53-60(2004); Zolensky, M. & A.Ivanov, Chemie der Erde 63,185-246(2003)
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