Maucherite
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Maucherite is a grey to reddish silver white nickel arsenide mineral. It crystallizes in the tetragonal crystal system
. It occurs in hydrothermal veins alongside other nickel arsenide and sulfide minerals. It is metallic and opaque with a hardness of 5 and a specific gravity
of 7.83. It is also known as placodine and Temiskamite. The unit cell is of symmetry group P41212.
It has the chemical formula
: Ni11As8 and commonly contains copper, iron, cobalt, antimony, and sulfur as impurities.
It was discovered in 1913 in Eisleben, Germany
and was named after Wilhelm Maucher (1879-1930), a German
mineral collector.
Crystal system
In crystallography, the terms crystal system, crystal family, and lattice system each refer to one of several classes of space groups, lattices, point groups, or crystals...
. It occurs in hydrothermal veins alongside other nickel arsenide and sulfide minerals. It is metallic and opaque with a hardness of 5 and a specific gravity
Specific gravity
Specific gravity is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a reference substance. Apparent specific gravity is the ratio of the weight of a volume of the substance to the weight of an equal volume of the reference substance. The reference substance is nearly always water for...
of 7.83. It is also known as placodine and Temiskamite. The unit cell is of symmetry group P41212.
It has the chemical formula
Chemical formula
A chemical formula or molecular formula is a way of expressing information about the atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound....
: Ni11As8 and commonly contains copper, iron, cobalt, antimony, and sulfur as impurities.
It was discovered in 1913 in Eisleben, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and was named after Wilhelm Maucher (1879-1930), a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
mineral collector.