Name: | Nickel Ni |
IMA Chemistry: | Ni |
Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Nickel contains elements: Nickel (Ni) |
Country of Type Locality: | France (New Caledonia) |
Year First Published: | 1966 |
IMA Status: | Approved |
Status Notes: | First confirmed natural occurence of native nickel: Ramdohr P (1967) The wide-spread paragenesis of ore minerals originating during serpentinization (with some data on new and insufficiently described minerals), Geologiya Rudnykh Mestorozhdenii 2, 32-43 |
Structural Group Name: | Copper |
Fleischer's Group Name: | lead |
Crystal Systems: | cubic|hexagonal |
Oldest Known Age: | 3640 Million Years Ago |
Mohs Hardness: | 4.0 |
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