Orcelite
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About Orcelite
Formula:
Ni5-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.
This page provides mineralogical data about Orcelite.
Classification of Orcelite
Approved
First published:
1959
2/A.04-20
2.AB.10
2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
A : Alloys
B : Ni-metalloid alloys
2 : SULFIDES and SULFOSALTS (sulfides, selenides, tellurides; arsenides, antimonides, bismuthides; sulfarsenites, sulfantimonites, sulfbismuthites, etc.)
A : Alloys
B : Ni-metalloid alloys
2.3.2.1
2 : SULFIDES
3 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 5:2
2 : SULFIDES
3 : AmBnXp, with (m+n):p = 5:2
3.11.25
3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
11 : Sulphides etc. of Ni
3 : Sulphides, Selenides, Tellurides, Arsenides and Bismuthides (except the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au, which are included in Section 1)
11 : Sulphides etc. of Ni
Physical Properties of Orcelite
Metallic
Transparency:
Opaque
Colour:
Rose-bronze
Comment:
"browner than nickeline"
Tenacity:
Brittle
Cleavage:
None Observed
Density:
6.5 - 7.25 g/cm3 (Measured) 8.44 g/cm3 (Calculated)
Optical Data of Orcelite
Chemical Properties of Orcelite
Formula:
Ni5-xAs2, x ~ 0.25
IMA Formula:
Ni5-xAs2 (x = 0.23)
Elements listed:
Common Impurities:
Fe,S,Si,Mg,H2O
Crystallography of Orcelite
Crystal System:
Hexagonal
Class (H-M):
6mm - Dihexagonal Pyramidal
Space Group:
P63mc
Setting:
P63mc
Cell Parameters:
a = 6.7922(2) Å, c = 12.4975(5) Å
Ratio:
a:c = 1 : 1.84
Unit Cell V:
499.31 ų
Z:
6
Morphology:
Inclusions in pentlandite
Crystal Structure
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ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
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0014135 | Orcelite | El-Boragy M, Bhan S, Schubert K (1970) Die kristallstruktur von Pd5Sb2 und Ni5As2 und einigen varianten Journal of the Less-Common Metals 22 445-458 | 1970 | synthetic | 0 | 293 |
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X-Ray Powder Diffraction
Powder Diffraction Data:
d-spacing | Intensity |
---|---|
3.25 Å | (20) |
3.09 Å | (20) |
2.945 Å | (40) |
2.706 Å | (40) |
2.257 Å | (10) |
2.137 Å | (60) |
1.987 Å | (100) |
1.933 Å | (100) |
1.831 Å | (10) |
1.757 Å | (60) |
1.641 Å | (20) |
1.385 Å | (20) |
1.302 Å | (20) |
Comments:
ICDD 35-493; obsolete cards ICDD 10-219, ICDD 13-333
Type Occurrence of Orcelite
General Appearance of Type Material:
As inclusions in pentlandite and as rims on maucherite.
Geological Setting of Type Material:
In serpentinized harzburgite.
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
Reference:
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.
Other Language Names for Orcelite
Common Associates
Breithauptite | NiSb |
Heazlewoodite | Ni3S2 |
Maucherite | Ni11As8 |
Millerite | NiS |
Parkerite | Ni3(Bi,Pb)2S2 |
Pentlandite | (NixFey)Σ9S8 |
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
6 photos of Orcelite associated with Awaruite | Ni3Fe |
6 photos of Orcelite associated with Serpentine Subgroup | D3[Si2O5](OH)4 D = Mg, Fe, Ni, Mn, Al, Zn |
5 photos of Orcelite associated with Andradite | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 |
1 photo of Orcelite associated with Zaratite | Ni3(CO3)(OH)4 · 4H2O ? |
1 photo of Orcelite associated with Chromium-bearing Clinochlore | Mg5(Al,Cr)2Si3O10(OH)8 |
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping
2.AB.15 | Maucherite | Ni11As8 | Tet. 4 2 2 : P41 21 2 |
Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping
3.11.1 | Heazlewoodite | Ni3S2 | Trig. 3 2 : R3 2 |
3.11.2 | Godlevskite | (Ni,Fe)9S8 | Orth. 2 2 2 : C2 2 2 |
3.11.3 | Millerite | NiS | Trig. 3m : R3m |
3.11.4 | Polydymite | Ni2+Ni3+2S4 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
3.11.5 | Vaesite | NiS2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
3.11.6 | Shandite | Ni3Pb2S2 | Trig. |
3.11.7 | Donharrisite | Ni3HgS3 | Mon. 2/m : B2/m |
3.11.8 | Violarite | Fe2+Ni3+2S4 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
3.11.9 | Pentlandite | (NixFey)Σ9S8 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fm3m |
3.11.10 | Bravoite | (Fe,Ni)S2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
3.11.11 | Siegenite | CoNi2S4 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
3.11.12 | Fletcherite | CuNi2S4 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
3.11.13 | Villamanínite | (Cu,Ni,Co,Fe)S2 | Tric. |
3.11.14 | Mäkinenite | γ-NiSe | Trig. |
3.11.15 | Sederholmite | beta-NiSe | Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P63/mmc |
3.11.16 | Trüstedtite | Ni3Se4 | Iso. |
3.11.17 | Wilkmanite | Ni3Se4 | Mon. |
3.11.18 | Kullerudite | NiSe2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm |
3.11.19 | Penroseite | (Ni,Co,Cu)Se2 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
3.11.20 | Tyrrellite | Cu(Co3+,Ni3+)2Se4 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
3.11.21 | Imgreite | NiTe (?) | Hex. |
3.11.22 | Melonite | NiTe2 | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1 |
3.11.23 | Kitkaite | NiTeSe | Trig. 3m (3 2/m) : P3m1 |
3.11.24 | Dienerite | Ni3As | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d |
3.11.26 | Maucherite | Ni11As8 | Tet. 4 2 2 : P41 21 2 |
3.11.27 | Nickeline | NiAs | Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P63/mcm |
3.11.28 | Rammelsbergite | NiAs2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pnnm |
3.11.29 | Pararammelsbergite | NiAs2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbca |
3.11.30 | Nickelskutterudite | (Ni,Co,Fe)As3 | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Im3 |
3.11.31 | Oregonite | Ni2FeAs2 | Hex. |
3.11.32 | Westerveldite | (Fe,Ni,Co)As | Orth. |
3.11.33 | Langisite | CoAs | Hex. 6 : P63 |
3.11.34 | Gersdorffite | NiAsS | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
3.11.35 | Jolliffeite | NiAsSe | Iso. m3 (2/m 3) : Pa3 |
3.11.36 | Breithauptite | NiSb | Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P63/mmc |
3.11.38 | Ullmannite | NiSbS | Iso. 2 3 : P21 3 |
3.11.39 | Willyamite | CoSbS |
Fluorescence of Orcelite
Not fluorescent in UV
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
References for Orcelite
Reference List:
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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.
Fleischer, M. (1960) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 45: 753-756.
International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names. Mineralogical Magazine: 33: 260-263.
El-Boragy, M., Bhan, S., Schubert, K. (1970) Die kristallstruktur von Pd5Sb2 und Ni5As2 und einigen varianten. Journal of the Less-Common Metals: 22: 445-458.
Oen, I.S., Kieft, C., Burke, E.A.J., Westerhof, A.B. (1980) Orcelite and associated minerals in the Ni—Fe—As—S system in chromitites and orthopyroxenites of Nebral, Málaga, Spain. Bulletin de Minéralogie: 103(2): 198-208.
Lorand, J.P., Pinet, M. (1984) L'orcelite des peridotites de Beni Bousera (Maroc), Ronda (Espagne), Table Mountain et Blow-Me-Down Mountain (Terre-Neuve) et du Pinde Septentrional (Grece). The Canadian Mineralogist: 22(4): 553-560.
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.
Bindi, L., Tredoux, M., Zaccarini, F., Miller, D.E., Garuti, G. (2014) Non-stoichiometric nickel arsenides in nature: the structure of orcelite, Ni5-xAs2 (x = 0.25), from the Bon Accord oxide body, South Africa. Journal of Alloys and Compounds: 601: 175-178.
Internet Links for Orcelite
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Localities for Orcelite
Locality List




All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Australia | |
| Ralph Bottrill |
Ralph Bottrill collection | |
Austria | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Canadian Mineralogist (1984): 22: 553. |
| http://rruff.info/doclib/hom/orcelite.pdf |
Cuba | |
| 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. |
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 | |
| 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) | |
| [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 | |
| No reference listed |
Greece | |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh, Nichols: "Handbook of Mineralogy", Vol. 1, 1990 |
Greenland | |
| 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 | |
| Canadian Mineralogist 40:277-309 |
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 | |
| AA. VV., 1996. Collezionare minerali. Hobby & Work |
Japan | |
| 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. |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| http://www.dmitrenkogg.narod.ru/Mongoliy.htm |
Morocco | |
| 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 | |
| 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. |
| 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) |
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. | |
| 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. |
| (2014) 12th International Platinum Symposium p320 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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. | |
| 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. |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| [Clark, 1993 - "Hey's Mineral Index"]; Econ Geol (1990) 85:112-132 |
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. | |
| 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 | |
| Jan Olov Nyström, Frans E. Wickman (1991) The Ordovician chondrite from Brunflo, central Sweden, II. Secondary minerals. Lithos 27:167-185 |
Turkey | |
| 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] |
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data (1992) |
| Smith and Barnes (2011) Pennsylvania Geology Fall/Winter 2011; Smith and Barnes (2011) Pennsylvania Geology v. 41, no. 3/4. |
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