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Kullerudite Mineral Data + |
General Kullerudite Information |
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| NiSe2 | |||
| Molecular Weight = 216.61 gm | |||
| Nickel 27.09 % Ni | |||
| Selenium 72.91 % Se | |||
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| 100.00 % | |||
| NiSe2 | |||
| In calcite veins in sills of albite diabase in schist, associated with low-grade uranium mineralization, almost exclusively as an alteration product of wilkmanite. | |||
| Approved IMA 1964 | |||
| Kuusamo, northeastern Findland. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | |||
| Named for Gunner Kullerud, Geophisical Laboratory, Washington, D.C., USA. | |||
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Kullerudite Crystallography |
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| a:b:c =0.8204:1:0.6157 | |||
| a = 4.89, b = 5.96, c = 3.67, Z = 2; V = 106.96 Den(Calc)= 6.73 | |||
| Orthorhombic - DipyramidalH-M Symbol (2/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: Pnnm | |||
| By Intensity(I/Io): 2.545(1), 2.64(1), 2.935(0.8), | |||
Physical Properties of Kullerudite |
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| Lead gray. | |||
| 6.72 | |||
| Opaque | |||
| Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses. | |||
| 5.5-6.5 - Knife Blade-Pyrite | |||
| Metallic | |||
Optical Properties of Kullerudite |
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| Very strong, yellowish gray to gray to almost black. | |||
| Creamy grayish white, paler than penroseite. | |||
| Distinct in oil, gray to pale gray. | |||
Calculated Properties of Kullerudite |
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relectron=5.97 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index = 0.05846 Boson Index = 0.94154 |
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PEKullerudite = 69.56 barns/electron |
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| GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Kullerudite is Not Radioactive |
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Kullerudite Classification |
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| 2.12.2.6 (2)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides | |||
| (2.12)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=1:2 | |||
| (2.12.2)Marcasite Group (Orthorhombic: Pnnm) | |||
| II/D.20-40 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts | |||
| II/D - Sulfides with metal: sulfur, selenium and tellurium < 1:1, Tellurides with Copper, Silver, Gold | |||
| II/D.20 - Markasite - Iridarsenite series | |||
Other Kullerudite Information |
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| NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) | |||
| Links to other databases for Kullerudite : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 - WWW-MINCRYST 13 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Kullerudite using: Visit our Advertisers for Kullerudite : Translate Kullerudite Mineral Data : Ask about Kullerudite here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Kullerudite Specimen Label here :
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