rammelsbergite
Sign in to saveRammelsbergite is a nickel arsenide mineral with formula NiAs2. It forms metallic silvery to tin white to reddish orthorhombic prismatic crystals, and is usually massive in form. It has a Mohs hardness of 5.5 and a specific gravity of 7.1.
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Within Vinony's link graph, rammelsbergite is referenced by 14 other articles, and connects out to Mohs scale of mineral hardness, relative density and Germany.
Vinony files it under Arsenide minerals, Minerals in space group 58 and Nickel minerals.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Rammelsbergite
- Mineral.image
- Rammelsbergite-180028.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.formula
- NiAs2
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Rmb
- Mineral.strunz
- 2.EB.15a
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pnnm
- Mineral.unit cell
- a = 4.759 Å, b = 5.797 Å c = 3.539 Å; Z = 2
- Mineral.color
- Tin white with a faint pinkish hue
- Mineral.habit
- Rarely as prismatic crystals; commonly massive, granular, radial, fibrous
- Mineral.twinning
- On {101}
- Mineral.cleavage
- Distinct on {101}
- Mineral.fracture
- Irregular
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 5.5–6
- Mineral.luster
- Metallic
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Carl Friedrich Rammelsberg
- Image
- Rammelsbergite-180028.jpg
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- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Rmb
- Commons category
- Rammelsbergite
- chemical formula
- NiAs₂
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.EB.15a
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.EB.15a
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- II/C.08
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Encyclopedic overview
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Rammelsbergite is a nickel arsenide mineral with formula NiAs2. It forms metallic silvery to tin white to reddish orthorhombic prismatic crystals, and is usually massive in form. It has a Mohs hardness of 5.5 and a specific gravity of 7.1.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “rammelsbergite” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.