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)

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference
Nng	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of NiningeriteHide

Lustre:

Metallic

Transparency:

Opaque

Colour:

grey

Hardness:

3½ - 4 on Mohs scale

Density:

3.40(19) g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of NiningeriteHide

Type:

Isotropic

Colour in reflected light:

Grey

Chemistry of NiningeriteHide

Mindat Formula:

(Mg,Fe²⁺,Mn²⁺)S

Elements listed:

Fe, Mg, Mn, S - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Common Impurities:

Ca,Zn,Cr

Crystallography of NiningeriteHide

Crystal System:

Isometric

Class (H-M):

m3m (4/m 3 2/m) - Hexoctahedral

Space Group:

Fm3m

Setting:

Fm3m

Cell Parameters:

a = 5.17(2) Å

Unit Cell V:

138.19 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Comment:

by analogy to synthetic

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0011350	Niningerite	Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York rocksalt structure Crystal Structures 1 85-237		1963		0	293

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X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
2.601 Å	(100)
1.8388 Å	(60)
1.5010 Å	(16)
1.1630 Å	(14)
1.0617 Å	(10)
3.004 Å	(8)
1.3001 Å	(8)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 1: Primary nebular phases	4.567-4.561
4 : Primary chondrule phases	4.566–4.561
Stage 2: Planetesimal differentiation and alteration	4.566-4.550
5 : Primary asteroid phases	4.566–4.560

Type Occurrence of NiningeriteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Indarch meteorite, Hindarx, Aghjabadi District, Azerbaijan

General Appearance of Type Material:

As grains intimately intergrown with kamacite and troilite; grains may contain oriented exsolution lamellae of troilite and minute grains of kamacite.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Meteorites

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Kamacite

Troilite

Reference:

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

Synonyms of NiningeriteHide

IMA1966-036

Other Language Names for NiningeriteHide

German:Niningerit

Russian:Нинингерит

Simplified Chinese:尼宁格矿

Spanish:Niningerita

Relationship of Niningerite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Galena Group

Other Members of this group:

Alabandite	MnS	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
Altaite	PbTe	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
Clausthalite	PbSe	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
Galena	PbS	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
Oldhamite	(Ca,Mg)S	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

1 photo of Niningerite associated with Clinoenstatite	MgSiO₃
1 photo of Niningerite associated with Kamacite	(Fe,Ni)
1 photo of Niningerite associated with Troilite	FeS

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

2.CD.	Svetlanaite	SnSe	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
2.CD.05	Herzenbergite	SnS	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
2.CD.05	Teallite	PbSnS₂	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnma
2.CD.10	Alabandite	MnS	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
2.CD.10	Altaite	PbTe	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
2.CD.10	Clausthalite	PbSe	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
2.CD.10	Galena	PbS	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
2.CD.10	Oldhamite	(Ca,Mg)S	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
2.CD.10 va	Quiroguite	Pb₂₃Sb₆S₃₂
2.CD.10	Keilite	(Fe²⁺,Mg)S	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m
2.CD.15a	Cinnabar	HgS	Trig. 3 2 : P3₁ 2 1
2.CD.15b	Hypercinnabar	HgS	Hex.

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

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References for NiningeriteHide

Reference List:

National Bureau of Standards Circular 539, 7, 31.

Dawson, K.R., Maxwell, J.A., Parsons, D.E. (1960) A description of the meteorite which fell near Abee, Alberta, Canada. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: 21: 127-144.

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

Fleischer, M. (1967) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 52: 925-929 (925).

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

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

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

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

Avril, C., Malavergne, V., Caracas, R., Zanda, B., Reynard, B., Charon, E., Bobocioiu, E., Brunet, F., Borensztajn, S., Pont, S., Tarrida, M., Guyot, F. (2013) Raman spectroscopic properties and Raman identification of CaS-MgS-MnS-FeS-Cr2FeS4 sulfides in meteorites and reduced sulfur-rich systems. Meteoritics and Planetary Science: 48: 1415-1426.

(2023) Niningerite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Localities for NiningeriteHide

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- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Antarctica
Eastern Antarctica Pecora Escarpment LaPaz Ice Field ⓘ LaPaz Ice Field 02225 meteorite	Izawa et al. (2010)
Queen Maud Land Queen Fabiola Mts ⓘ Yamato 691 meteorite	El Gorsey et al. (1988)
ⓘ Yamato 82189 meteorite	Lin et al. (1998)
Victoria Land Allan Hills ⓘ Allan Hills 88070 meteorite	The Meteoritical Bulletin
Queen Alexandra Range ⓘ Queen Alexandra Range 94204 meteorite	van Niekerk et al. (2014)

Azerbaijan (TL)
Aghjabadi District Hindarx ⓘ Indarch meteorite (TL)	American Mineralogist +2 other references

Canada
Alberta Sturgeon County ⓘ ~~Abee meteorite~~	RUBIN et al. (1980) +1 other reference

China
Guizhou Guiyang Qingzhen County ⓘ Qingzhen meteorite	Yongheng Chen et al. (1993)

Finland
Southwest Finland Pargas Nauvo ⓘ Haverö meteorite	Ramdohr

France
Occitanie Haute-Garonne Toulouse Saint-Jory ⓘ Saint-Sauveur meteorite	Keil (1968)

India
Bihar Muzaffarpur District ⓘ Parsa meteorite	Nehru et al. (1984)
Uttar Pradesh Basti District Gorakhpur ⓘ Bustee meteorite	T. J. McCoy (1996)

Malawi
Central Region Nkhotakota ⓘ Kota-Kota meteorite (Marimba meteorite)	LEITCH et al. (1982)

North Africa
Sahara Desert ⓘ Sahara 97072 meteorite	Gannoun et al. (2011) +3 other references
ⓘ Sahara 97096 meteorite	Piani et al. (2016)

Northwest Africa Meteorites
ⓘ Northwest Africa 4799 meteorite (NWA 4799)	Bunch et al. (2008)
ⓘ Northwest Africa 5217 meteorite (NWA 5217)	Bunch et al. (2008)

Oman
Al Wusta Governorate ⓘ South Oman meteorite	Brearley et al. (1998)

Pakistan
Punjab Province Khushab District ⓘ Adhi Kot meteorite	Keil (1968) +1 other reference

Russia
Mordovia ⓘ Novo-Urei meteorite	Paul Ramdohr (1972)

South Africa
Eastern Cape Chris Hani District Municipality Intsika Yethu Local Municipality ⓘ St. Mark's meteorite	Cairncross et al. (1995)

Sudan
Kassala Gash delta ⓘ Khor Temiki meteorite	Robert A. Fogel (1994)
River Nile ⓘ Almahata Sitta meteorite	Addi Bischoff et al. (2010)

USA
Kansas Norton County ⓘ Norton County meteorite	Ramdohr (1972)
Pawnee County ⓘ Larned meteorite	Weisberg et al. (2010)
Montana Broadwater County ⓘ Lombard meteorite	Ramdohr (1972)
Texas Brewster County Marathon Gage Ranch ⓘ Pena Blanca Spring meteorite	Ramdohr (1972)
Lubbock County ⓘ Shallowater meteorite	Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (1989)

Western Sahara
al-Saqiyah al-Hamra'a (Saguia el Hamra) ⓘ Itqiy meteorite	Patzer et al. (2001)

Yemen
Hadhramaut Governorate ⓘ Kaidun meteorite	Zolensky et al. (2003) +1 other reference

The Moon
Mare Imbrium Palus Putredinis Apollo 15 landing site area ⓘ Hadley Rille meteorite	Meteoritical Bulletin

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