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Breithauptite

• 
  Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
  © JF Carpentier 2007

• Formula:
  NiSb

• System: Hexagonal

• Name:
  After the Saxon mineralogist Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt (1791-1873).

• IMA Status: Valid (Grandfathered)

• Type Locality:
  St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany

• Dana 8th: 2.8.11.2
  
  2 : SULFIDES
  8 : A_mX_p, with m:p = 1:1

• Hardness (Mohs): 5½

• Density: 7.591 g/cm³ to 8.23 g/cm³ (measured)
  8.629 g/cm³ (calculated)

• Lustre: Metallic

• Diapheny: Opaque

• Diapheny: brittle

• Colour: Copper-red with a violet tint

• Streak: Reddish brown