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Perryite

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Mount Egerton meteorite, Gascoyne River district, Western Australia, Australia
© 2008, J. Weissman

Formula:
(Ni,Fe)
 
5
(Si,P)
 
2
System:TrigonalColour:Silver-white
Name:For Stuart H. Perry (1874-1957), American newspaper publisher and authority on meteorites.


A meteoric mineral.

Classification of Perryite

IMA status:Valid - first described prior to 1959 (pre-IMA) - "Grandfathered"
Strunz 8th edition ID:1/A.12-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:1.BB.10

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
B : Metallic Carbides, Silicides, Nitrides and Phosphides
B : Silicides
Dana 7th edition ID:1.1.35.1
Dana 8th edition ID:1.1.22.1

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
1 : Metals, other than the Platinum Group
Hey's CIM Ref.:2.16

2 : Carbides, Nitrides, Silicides and Phosphides
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Type Occurrence of Perryite

Type Locality:Horse Creek meteorite, Baca Co., Colorado, USA
Year of Discovery:1965

Physical Properties of Perryite

Colour:Silver-white

Crystallography of Perryite

Crystal System:Trigonal

Chemical Properties of Perryite

Formula:
(Ni,Fe)
 
5
(Si,P)
 
2
Essential elements:Ni, Si
All elements listed in formula:Fe, Ni, P, Si

Relationship of Perryite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
1.BB.Zangboite
TiFeSi
 
2
1.BB.05Suessite
(Fe,Ni)
 
3
Si
1.BB.05Mavlyanovite
Mn
 
5
Si
 
3
1.BB.10UM2001-18-Si:CuPtSn
(Cu,Pt)
 
4
Si
1.BB.15Fersilicite
FeSi
1.BB.20Ferdisilicite
FeSi
 
2
1.BB.25Luobusaite
Fe
 
0.84
Si
 
2
1.BB.30Gupeiite
Fe
 
3
Si
1.BB.35Hapkeite
Fe
 
2
Si
1.BB.40Xifengite
Fe
 
5
Si
 
3
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
2.1Moissanite
SiC
2.2Sinoite
Si
 
2
N
 
2
O
2.3Osbornite
TiN
2.4Tongbaite
Cr
 
3
C
 
2
2.5Carlsbergite
CrN
2.6Siderazot
Fe
 
5
N
 
2
2.7Gupeiite
Fe
 
3
Si
2.8Xifengite
Fe
 
5
Si
 
3
2.9Khamrabaevite
(Ti,V,Fe)C
2.10Haxonite
(Fe,Ni)
 
23
C
 
6
2.11Cohenite
(Fe,Ni,Co)
 
3
C
2.12Roaldite
(Fe,Ni)
 
4
N
2.13Suessite
(Fe,Ni)
 
3
Si
2.14Schreibersite
(Fe,Ni)
 
3
P
2.15Barringerite
(Fe,Ni)
 
2
P

Other Names for Perryite

Other Languages:
German:Perryit
Russian:Перриит
Spanish:Perryita

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 Perryite

Reference List:American Mineralogist (1969): 54: 579.

American Mineralogist (1971): 56: 1123.

Mineralogical Magazine: 37: 905-908.

Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta: 34: 169-184.

Okada, A., Kobayashi, K., Ito, T., and Sakurai, T. (1991) Structure of synthetic perryite, (Ni,Fe)8(S,P)3. Acta Crystallographica: C47: 1358-1361.

Chemical Abstracts: 115: 103-198.

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    Localities for Perryite

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    Antarctica
     
    • Eastern Antarctica
      • Victoria Land
        • Allan Hills
    Australia
     
    • Western Australia
      • Gascoyne River district
    		Wai (1970) Mineralogical Magazine 37:905-908
    Malawi
     
    • Marimba
    		Reed (1968) Mineralogical Magazine 36:850-854
    Oman
     
    • Al Wusta Region
    		Reed (1968) Mineralogical Magazine 35:850-854
    South Africa
     
    • Eastern Cape Province
    		Minerals of South Africa
    USA
     
    • Colorado
      • Baca Co.
    		Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckels, E. B.
    • Kansas
      • Norton Co.
    		Am Min 67:132-136
    Yemen
     
    • South Yemen
    		Zolensky, M. & A.Ivanov, Chemie der Erde 63,185-246(2003)
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