Nickel Mineral Data + 
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- 1.1.11.0 Iron! Fe I m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- 1.1.11.1 Kamacite alpha-(Fe,Ni) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- 1.1.11.2 Taenite gamma-(Fe,Ni) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- 1.1.11.3 Tetrataenite FeNi P 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
- 1.1.11.4 Awaruite Ni2FetoNi3Fe P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- 1.1.11.5 Nickel Ni F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- 1.1.11.6 Wairauite CoFe P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- I/A.08-10 Nickel Ni F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- I/A.08-20 Taenite gamma-(Fe,Ni) F m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- I/A.08-30 Tetrataenite FeNi P 4/mmm 4/m 2/m 2/m
- I/A.08-40 Awaruite Ni2FetoNi3Fe P m3m 4/m 3 2/m
- I/A.08-50 Jedwabite! Fe7(Ta,Nb)3 P 63mmc, P 63mc 6mm
General Nickel Information |
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 Chemical Formula: |
Ni | ||
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 58.69 gm | ||
| Nickel 100.00 % Ni | |||
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| Empirical Formula: |
Ni | ||
| Environment: |
In serpentinized ultramafic rocks as a result o flow-temperature hydrothermal activity. | ||
| IMA Status: |
Approved IMA 1967 | ||
| Locality: |
Bogota, Canala, New Caledonia. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | ||
| Name Origin: |
From the German Nickel - "demom", from a contraction of kupfernickel, or "Devil's Copper", as the mineral was believed to contain copper but yielded none when smelted. | ||
| Synonym: |
ICSD 64989 | ||
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Nickel Image | |||
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Nickel Crystallography |
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| Cell Dimensions: |
a = 3.5238, Z = 4; V = 43.76 Den(Calc)= 8.91 | ||
| Crystal System: |
Isometric - HexoctahedralH-M Symbol (4/m 3 2/m) Space Group: F m3m | ||
| X Ray Diffraction: |
By Intensity(I/Io): 2.034(1), 1.762(0.42), 1.246(0.21), | ||
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Crystal Structure:
Mouse |
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Physical Properties of Nickel |
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| Color: |
Gray white, Silvery white. | ||
| Density: |
7.8 - 8.2, Average = 8 | ||
| Diaphaniety: |
Opaque | ||
| Fracture: |
Hackly - Jagged, torn surfaces, (e.g. fractured metals). | ||
| Habit: |
Granular - Generally occurs as anhedral to subhedral crystals in matrix. | ||
| Habit: |
Massive - Uniformly indistinguishable crystals forming large masses. | ||
| Hardness: |
4-5 - Fluorite-Apatite | ||
| Luster: |
Metallic | ||
| Streak: |
grayish white | ||
Optical Properties of Nickel |
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| RL Color: |
White, more bluish than heazlewoodite. | ||
Calculated Properties of Nickel |
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| Electron Density: |
relectron=8.50 gm/cc |
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| Fermion Index |
Fermion Index = 0.0113 Boson Index = 0.9887 |
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| Photoelectric: |
PENickel = 40.52 barns/electron |
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| Radioactivity: |
GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units) Nickel is Not Radioactive |
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Nickel Classification |
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| Dana Class: |
1.1.11.5 (1)Native Elements | ||
| (1.1)with metallic elements other than the platinum group | |||
| (1.1.11)Iron-Nickel group | |||
| Strunz Class: |
I/A.08-10 I - Elements | ||
| I/A - Metallic and intermetallic compounds, Carbides, Nitrides, Phosphides and Silicides | |||
| I/A.08 - Nickel series | |||
Other Nickel Information |
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| References: |
NAME( AntBidBlaNic1) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1) | ||
| See Also: |
Links to other databases for Nickel : 1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 - Applied Mineralogy 3 -Athena 4 - Crocoite.com Mineral Locations 5 - EUROmin Project 6 -Google Images 7 -Google Scholar 8 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 9 -MinDAT 10 -MinMax(Deutsch) 11 -MinMax(English) 12 - Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom 13 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 14 -QUT Mineral Atlas 15 - WWW-MINCRYST 16 -École des Mines de Paris Search for Nickel using: Visit our Advertisers for Nickel : Translate Nickel Mineral Data : Ask about Nickel here : Print or Cut-and-Paste your Nickel Specimen Label here :
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