Orcelite

Orcelite, etc.

Josephine Creek placers, Josephine Creek Mining District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA

Orcelite, etc.

Josephine Creek placers, Josephine Creek Mining District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA

Orcelite

Avebury Nickel Deposit, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Orcelite, etc.

Josephine Creek placers, Josephine Creek Mining District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA

Orcelite, etc.

Josephine Creek placers, Josephine Creek Mining District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA

Orcelite

Avebury Nickel Deposit, Zeehan district, West Coast municipality, Tasmania, Australia

Orcelite, etc.

Josephine Creek placers, Josephine Creek Mining District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA

Orcelite, etc.

Josephine Creek placers, Josephine Creek Mining District, Josephine Co., Oregon, USA

About OrceliteHide

Jean Orcel

Formula:

Ni_5-xAs₂, x ~ 0.25

Colour:

Rose-bronze

Lustre:

Metallic

Specific Gravity:

6.5 - 7.25

Crystal System:

Hexagonal

Name:

Named in 1959 by S. J. Caillère, J. Avias, and J. Falgueirettes in honour of Professor Jean Orcel (1896–1978), French mineralogist, curator of Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Tiébaghi Cr mine, Tiébaghi Massif, Koumac Commune, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - 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 (eg from pseudomorphs.)

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

Australia
Tasmania West Coast municipality Zeehan district ⓘ Avebury Nickel Deposit (Avebury mine)	Ralph Bottrill
ⓘ Viking mine (South Avebury)	Ralph Bottrill collection
Austria
Styria Leoben District Sankt Stefan ob Leoben Mitterberg ⓘ "Gregor" prospect ?	Kollegger, P., Mogessie, A. & Mali, H. (2008): Geochemie und Vererzung im Kraubath-Massiv, südöstlich von Kraubath an der Mur, Steiermark, Österreich. Joannea Mineralogie 4, 53-97.
Brazil
Bahia Maracás Rio Jacaré layered complex ⓘ Maracás Menchen mine	Campbell, R. A. (2012). Platinum Group Element (PGE) Mineralization Associated with Fe-Ti-V Deposit, Rio Jacaré Intrusion, Bahia State, Brazil. Bachelors honour thesis Dalhousie University, Halifax Nova Scotia
Bulgaria
Kardzhali Province Kirkovo ⓘ Dobromirci (Dobromirtsi)	Kerestedjian, T. et al. (2007): Godlevskite Ni9S8 from Dobromirtsi, Central Rhodopes, Bulgaria: First report for the country and genetic implications. Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology 45, 19-28. (in Bulgarian with English abs.)
Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland ⓘ Blow-Me-Down Mountain	Canadian Mineralogist (1984): 22: 553.
Ontario Timiskaming District Cobalt-Gowganda region Cobalt area Coleman Township ⓘ Nipissing Mine ?	http://rruff.info/doclib/hom/orcelite.pdf
Cuba
Holguín Province ⓘ Mayarí-Baracoa Belt	Gevilla, F., Proenza, J.A., Frei, R.,González-Jiménez, J.M., Garrido, C.J., Melgarejo, J.C., Meibom, A., Díaz-Martínez, R., Lavaut, W. (2005) Distribution of platinum-group elements and Os isotopes in chromite ores from Mayarí-Baracoa Ophiolitic Belt (eastern Cuba). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 150:6, 589-607.
ⓘ Monte Bueno deposit	Gevilla, F., Proenza, J.A., Frei, R.,González-Jiménez, J.M., Garrido, C.J., Melgarejo, J.C., Meibom, A., Díaz-Martínez, R., Lavaut, W. (2005) Distribution of platinum-group elements and Os isotopes in chromite ores from Mayarí-Baracoa Ophiolitic Belt (eastern Cuba). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 150:6, 589-607.
Finland
Kainuu Suomussalmi ⓘ Kauniinvaara	Pakkanen, L. & Luukkonen, E. (1995): Native nickel and copper in the Kauniinvaara ultramafic body of the late archean Suomussalmi greenstone belt, eastern Finland. in: Autio, S. (toim.) Geological Survey of Finland, current Research 1993-1994. Geologian Tutkimuskeskus Special Paper 20, 23-29.
France (TL)
New Caledonia Northern Province Koumac Commune Tiébaghi Massif ⓘ Tiébaghi Cr mine (TL)	[Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index"]; Caillère S, Avias J, Falgueirettes J (1959) Découverte en Nouvelle-Calédonie d'une minéralisation arsenicale sous forme d'un nouvel arséniure de nickel Ni2As, Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l’Académie des Sciences 249, 1771-1773
Germany
Lower Saxony Goslar District Langelsheim Wolfshagen ⓘ Heimberg Quarry (Möncheholz Quarry)	No reference listed
Greece
Central Macedonia Chalkidiki ⓘ Gomati ophiolite	Bussolesi, M., Zaccarini, F., Grieco, G., & Tzamos, E. (2020) Rare and new minerals in the Ni-Cu-Sb-As system: first finding in the Gomati ophiolite, Greece. Periodico di Mineralogia, 89(1).
Epirus Pindus Pindos ophiolite complex ⓘ Korydallos area	Kapsiotis, A. N. (2013). Genesis of chromitites from Korydallos, Pindos Ophiolite Complex, Greece, based on spinel chemistry and PGE-mineralogy. Journal of Geosciences, 58(1), 49-69.
West Macedonia Kozani and Grevena border area Vourinos Ophiolite complex ⓘ Aetoraches Mine	Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990
Greenland
Sermersooq ⓘ Skaergaard intrusion	Nielsen, T. F., Andersen, J. Ø., Holness, M. B., Keiding, J. K., Rudashevsky, N. S., Rudashevsky, V. N., ... & Veksler, I. V. (2015). The Skaergaard PGE and gold deposit: the result of in situ fractionation, sulphide saturation, and magma chamber-scale precious metal redistribution by immiscible Fe-rich melt. Journal of Petrology, 56(8), 1643-1676.
India
Odisha Keonjhar District ⓘ Baula Complex	Canadian Mineralogist 40:277-309
ⓘ Bangur gabbro	Augé, T., Bailly, L., Cocherie, A., Genna, A., Guerrot, C., Lerouge, C., ... & Patra, R. N. (2002, July). Magmatic and Hydrothermal Platinum-Group Element Mineralization in the Baula Area, Orissa, India. In Proceedings of the 9th International Platinum Symposium (pp. 21-24).
Italy
Lombardy Sondrio Province ⓘ Malenco Valley	AA. VV., 1996. Collezionare minerali. Hobby & Work
Japan
Ehime prefecture ⓘ Higashi-Akaishi dunite	Kadota, R., Minakawa, T., Tanaka, T. (2008) Orcelite from Higashi-akaishi peridotite mass, Ehime prefecture. Abstracts for 2008 Annual Meeting of Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences, Session ID R4-P07: 118.
Shikokuchuo City ⓘ Fujiwara dunite	Arai, S.; Ishimaru, S.; Miura, M.; Akizawa, N.; Mizukami, T. (2020) Post-Serpentinization Formation of Theophrastite-Zaratite by Heazlewoodite Desulfurization: An Implication for Shallow Behavior of Sulfur in a Subduction Complex. Minerals 2020, 10, 806.
Kazakhstan
Aktobe Region Kargaly ⓘ Kempirsai Cr deposit	Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data 2019; Melcher, F., Grum, W., Simon, G., Thalhammer, T.V., Stumpfl, E.F. (1997): Petrogenesis of the Ophiolitic Giant Chromite Deposits of Kempirsai, Kazakhstan: a Study of Solid and Fluid Inclusions in Chromite. J Petrol.: 38(10), 1419–1458; https://doi.org/10.1093/petroj/38.10.1419
Mongolia
Zavkhan Province Khan-Taishirin-Ula range ⓘ Naran massif	http://www.dmitrenkogg.narod.ru/Mongoliy.htm
Morocco
Drâa-Tafilalet Region ⓘ Bou Azzer mining district	Lhou, M., & Jung, H. Genesis of Co-Ni mineralizations during serpentinisation process in Bou Azzer ore deposits, the Neoproterozoic ophiolite of Bou Azzer El Graara (Central Anti-Atlas, Morocco). Abstracts AGU joint assembly Montreal
Russia
Chelyabinsk Oblast Karabash Soimon Valley ⓘ Zolotaya Gora Au deposit (Zlataya Gora; Zlatoya Gora)	Gritsenko, Y.D., and Spiridonov, E.M. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(7), 590-598.; Murzin, V. V., Chudnenko, K. V., Palyanova, G. A., Varlamov, D. A., Naumov, E. A., & Pirajno, F. (2018). Physicochemical model for the genesis of Cu-Ag-Au-Hg solid solutions and intermetallics in the rodingites of the Zolotaya Gora gold deposit (Urals, Russia). Ore Geology Reviews, 93, 81-97.; Murzin, V. V., Varlamov, D. A., Ronkin, Y. L., & Shanina, S. N. (2013). Origin of Au-bearing rodingite in the Karabash massif of alpine-type ultramafic rocks in the southern Urals. Geology of Ore Deposits, 55(4), 278-297.
Irkutsk Oblast Uda–Biryusa district ⓘ Ognit complex	Shvedov, G. I., & Barkov, A. Y. (2017). Primary and alteration assemblages of platinum-group minerals from the Ognit complex, Irkutskaya oblast, Eastern Sayans, Russia. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie-Abhandlungen: Journal of Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 194(1), 35-48.; Mekhonoshin, A. S., Tolstykh, N. D., Podlipsky, M. Y., Kolotilina, T. B., Vishnevsky, A. V., & Benedyuk, Y. P. (2013). PGE mineralization of dunite-wehrlite massifs at the Gutara-Uda interfluve, Eastern Sayan. Geology of Ore Deposits, 55(3), 162-175.; Ognitite, NiBiTe, a new mineral species, and cobaltian maucherite from the Ognit ultramafic complex, Eastern Sayans, Russia (electronic preprint)
ⓘ Tartai Massif	Podlipsky, M. Y., Mekhonoshin, A. S., Tolstykh, N. D., Vishnevskiy, A. V., & Polyakov, G. V. (2015). Mineralogy and geochemistry of the Tartai massif, East Siberian metallogenic province. Geology of Ore Deposits, 57(3), 172-196.
Kamchatka Krai Korf ⓘ Gal'moenan ultrabasic massif	Kozlov, A. P., Chanturiya, V. A., Sidorov, E. G., Tolstykh, N. D., & Telegin, Y. M. (2011). Large-volume platinum ore deposits in zonal mafic-ultramafic complexes of the Ural-Alaskan type and the outlook for their development. Geology of ore deposits, 53(5), 374.
Krasnoyarsk Krai Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug Taimyr Peninsula Putoran Plateau ⓘ Noril'sk	(2014) 12th International Platinum Symposium p320
Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District Kureika river ⓘ Dzheltul'skii massif (Dzhaltul)	Ryabov, V. V., & Lapkovsky, A. A. (2010, October). Unique polymineral association of Co-Ni and noble metal phases in gabbro-dolerite of the Dzhaltul trap intrusion (Siberian Platform). In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 434, No. 2, pp. 1325-1329). MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica.
Murmansk Oblast Monchegorsk ⓘ Monchegorsk Cu-Ni Deposit	Grokhovskaya, T.L., Griboedova, I.G. & Karimova, O.V. (2014) Diversity of PGM Assemblages in Pge Deposits of the Monchegorsk Igneous Complex, Russia. 12th International Platinum Symposium p249
Northern Karelia ⓘ Vozhminskii Massif (Vozhmin)	Rudashevskii N S, Men'shikov Y P, Lentsi A A, Shumskaya N I, Lobanova A B, Goncharov G N, Tutov A G (1982) Vozhminite, (Ni,Co)4(As,Sb)S2, a new mineral. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 111, 480-485.
Sayan Mountains ⓘ Il’chir ophiolite belt	Kiseleva, O. N., Zhmodik, S. M., Damdinov, B. B., Agafonov, L. V., & Belyanin, D. K. (2014). Composition and evolution of PGE mineralization in chromite ores from the Il’chir ophiolite complex (Ospa–Kitoi and Khara-Nur areas, East Sayan). Russian Geology and Geophysics, 55(2), 259-272.
ⓘ Ospa–Kitoi massif (Ospin–Kitoi massif)	Grigor’eva, A. V., Damdinov, B. B., & Sluzhenikin, S. F. (2018). Ore Mineralization in Ultramafic and Metasomatic Rocks of the Ospin–Kitoi Massif, Eastern Sayan. Geology of Ore Deposits, 60(2), 121-141.
Tuva ⓘ Agardag ultramafic massif	Palyanova, G. A., Murzin, V. V., Zhuravkova, T. V., & Varlamov, D. A. (2018). Au-Cu-Ag mineralization in rodingites and nephritoids of the Agardag ultramafic massif (southern Tuva, Russia). Russian Geology and Geophysics, 59(3), 238-256.
Zabaykalsky Krai Buriatia Republic (Buryatia) Okinsky District ⓘ Ulan-Sar’dag Ophiolite	Kiseleva, O.N.; Airiyants, E.V.; Belyanin, D.K.; Zhmodik, S.M. (2020) Podiform Chromitites and PGE Mineralization in the Ulan-Sar’dag Ophiolite (East Sayan, Russia). Minerals 10, 141.
South Africa
Limpopo Sekhukhune District Burgersfort ⓘ Mooihoek Farm 255 KT	Rudashevsky, N.S., Avdontsev, S.N., Dneprovskaya, M.B. (1992): Evolution of PGE mineralization in hortonolitic dunites of the Mooihoek and Onverwacht pipes, Bushveld Complex. Mineral. Petrol.: 47: 37-54; in: Jambor, J.L., Puziewicz, J. (1993): New mineral Names. American Mineralogist: 78: 1111
Mpumalanga Ehlanzeni District Barberton ⓘ Bon Accord Ni deposit	Bindi, L., Tredoux, M., Zaccarini, F., Miller, D. E., & Garuti, G. (2014). Non-stoichiometric nickel arsenides in nature: The structure of orcelite, Ni {sub 5− x} As {sub 2}(x= 0.25), from the Bon Accord oxide body, South Africa. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 601:175-178
Spain
Andalusia Málaga Mijas ⓘ El Nebral Mine	[Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index"]; Econ Geol (1990) 85:112-132
ⓘ Serranía de Ronda	Gervilla, F., Gutiérrez-Narbona, R., & Fenoll-Hach-Alí, P. (2002). The origin of different types of magmatic mineralizations from small-volume melts in the lherzolite massifs of the Serranía de Ronda. Boletín de la Sociedad Espanola de Mineralogía, 25, 79-96.
Sierra Alpujata ⓘ Chromitite outcrops	I. S. Oen, C. Kieft, E.A.J. Burke, A.B. Westerhof : "Orcelite and associated minerals in the Ni-Fe-As-S system in chromitites and orthopyroxenites of Nebral, Malaga, Spain", Bull. Minéral., 1980, 103, 198-208
Sweden
Jämtland County Östersund ⓘ Brunflo meteorite	Jan Olov Nyström, Frans E. Wickman (1991) The Ordovician chondrite from Brunflo, central Sweden, II. Secondary minerals. Lithos 27:167-185
Turkey
Eskişehir Province Eskişehir ophiolite ⓘ Dağküplü mine	Uysal, I.; Zaccarini, F.; Sadiklar, M. B.; Tarkian, M.; Thalhammer, O. A. R.; Garuti, G. (2009): The podiform chromitites in the Dağküplü and Kavak mines, Eskişehir ophiolite (NW-Turkey): genetic implications of mineralogic and geochemical data. Geologica Acta 7, 351-362. [http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/pdf/505/50513114004.pdf]
ⓘ Kavak mine	Uysal, I.; Zaccarini, F.; Sadiklar, M. B.; Tarkian, M.; Thalhammer, O. A. R.; Garuti, G. (2009): The podiform chromitites in the Dağküplü and Kavak mines, Eskişehir ophiolite (NW-Turkey): genetic implications of mineralogic and geochemical data. Geologica Acta 7, 351-362. [http://redalyc.uaemex.mx/pdf/505/50513114004.pdf]
UK
Scotland Shetland Islands Unst ⓘ Cliff Quarry	BGS - Minerals of Britain; Nickel and Platinum (2000), page 4; O’Driscoll, B., Garwood, R., Day, J. M., & Wogelius, R. (2018). Platinum-group element remobilization and concentration in the Cliff chromitites of the Shetland Ophiolite Complex, Scotland. Mineralogical Magazine, 82(3), 471-490.
USA
Oregon Josephine Co. Josephine Creek Mining District ⓘ Josephine Creek placers	Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data (1992)
Pennsylvania Lancaster Co. State Line Chromite Mining District ⓘ Fulton Township	Smith and Barnes (2011) Pennsylvania Geology Fall/Winter 2011; Smith and Barnes (2011) Pennsylvania Geology v. 41, no. 3/4.