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Pentlandite

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minerale

Key facts

Mineral.name
Pentlandite
Mineral.category
Sulfide mineral
Mineral.image
Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite-540342|300px
Mineral.caption
3.1 × 2.6 cm mass of pentlandite with some pyrrhotite
Mineral.formula
iron nickel sulfide:
Mineral.IMAsymbol
Pn
Mineral.strunz
2.BB.15a
Mineral.system
Isometric
Mineral.dana
2.7.1.1
Mineral.class
Hexoctahedral (mm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m)
Mineral.symmetry
Fmm
Mineral.unit cell
a = 9.928 Å, Z = 4
Mineral.molweight
771.94 g/mol
Mineral.color
Yellowish bronze
Mineral.habit
Hexoctahedral rare; massive to granular
Mineral.cleavage
Absent – octahedral parting on {111}
Mineral.fracture
Conchoidal
Mineral.tenacity
Brittle

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Wikidata facts

Has part
iron
Image
PentlanditeUSGOV.jpg
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Commons category
Pentlandite
Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
2.BB.15a
Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
2.BB.15
crystal system
cubic crystal system
density
4.80
IMA Mineral Symbol
Pn
chemical formula
(Ni,Fe)₉S₈
Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
II/A.07
2022 Harmonized System Code
260400
Sources (3)

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Article · Italiano

La pentlandite è un solfuro di ferro e nichel, (Fe, Ni)9S8. La pentlandite ha normalmente un rapporto Ni:Fe vicino a 1:1. Contiene in misura minore cobalto.

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