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Mackinawite (Mackinawit)

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Mackinawit
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Mackinawit
Bildbreite: 4 mm; Fundort: Kirovskii, Kukisvumchorr, Khibiny, Kola, Russland
Copyright: Leonardus; Contribution: slugslayer
Location: Russland/Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis/Murmansk, Oblast/Kola-Halbinsel/Chibiny (Khibiny)/Kukisvumchorr/Kirovsky Mine (Kirovskii Apatit Mine, Kirov)
Mineral: Mackinawite
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Mackinawit

Bildbreite: 4 mm; Fundort: Kirovskii, Kukisvumchorr, Khibiny, Kola, Russland
Copyright: Leonardus
Contribution: slugslayer 2010-10-27
Locality: Kirovsky Mine (Kirovskii Apatit Mine, Kirov) / Kukisvumchorr / Chibiny (Khibiny) / Kola-Halbinsel / Murmansk, Oblast / Nordwestrussland, Föderationskreis / Russland
Mackinawit
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Mackinawit
von Mackinah im Snohomish Co. Washington, USA; derbe, messinggelbe Einschlüsse, BB = 3 mm
Copyright: Manfred Früchtl; Contribution: Münchener Micromounter
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter, Collection number: A000143, Donator: Klaus Fleck
Location: USA/Washington/Snohomish Co./Monte Cristo District/Mackinaw Mine
Mineral: Mackinawite
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Mackinawit (SNr: A000143)

von Mackinah im Snohomish Co. Washington, USA; derbe, messinggelbe Einschlüsse, BB = 3 mm
Collection: Lithothek der Münchener Micromounter
Copyright: Manfred Früchtl
Contribution: Münchener Micromounter 2016-05-19
Locality: Mackinaw Mine / Monte Cristo District / Snohomish Co. / Washington / USA
Mackinawit (quadratische Tafeln)
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Mackinawit (quadratische Tafeln)
Nickel-Grube Hitura, Nivala, Nordfinnland. Bildbreite 1 mm
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl; Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl, Collection number: M007aa
Location: Finnland/Nordösterbotten (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa), Landschaft/Nivala/Hitura Nickel Mine
Mineral: Mackinawite
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Mackinawit (quadratische Tafeln) (SNr: M007aa)

Nickel-Grube Hitura, Nivala, Nordfinnland. Bildbreite 1 mm
Collection: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Copyright: Ulrich Baumgärtl
Contribution: Ulrich Baumgärtl 2018-01-18
Locality: Hitura Nickel Mine / Nivala / Nordösterbotten (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa), Landschaft / Finnland
Manganoshadlunit mit Hibbingit, Mooihoekit, Cubanit, Pentlandit, Mackinawit, Valleriit etc.
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Manganoshadlunit mit Hibbingit, Mooihoekit, Cubanit, Pentlandit, Mackinawit, Valleriit etc.
Erzanschliff mit Manganoshadlunit, Hibbingit, Mooihoekit, Cubanit, Pentlandit, Mackinawit, Valleriit etc. aus Talnakh, Sibirien. Analysiert von Prof. N. Rudashevsky, Petersburg
Copyright: Klaus Schäfer; Contribution: Klaus Schäfer
Collection: Klaus Schäfer, Collection number: Erz-MnSh-2-1-21
Location: Russland/Sibirien, Föderationskreis/Krasnojarsk, Region (Krasnojarski krai)/Taimyrhalbinsel (Tajmyr)/Putoran-Plateau/Noril'sk/Talnakh
Mineral: Cubanite, Hibbingite, Mackinawite, Manganoshadlunite, Mooihoekite, Pentlandite, Valleriite
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Manganoshadlunit mit Hibbingit, Mooihoekit, Cubanit, Pentlandit, Mackinawit, Valleriit etc. (SNr: Erz-MnSh-2-1-21)

Erzanschliff mit Manganoshadlunit, Hibbingit, Mooihoekit, Cubanit, Pentlandit, Mackinawit, Valleriit etc. aus Talnakh, Sibirien. Analysiert von Prof. N. Rudashevsky, Petersburg
Collection: Klaus Schäfer
Copyright: Klaus Schäfer
Contribution: Klaus Schäfer 2020-01-25
Locality: Talnakh / Noril'sk / Putoran-Plateau / Taimyrhalbinsel (Tajmyr) / Krasnojarsk, Region (Krasnojarski krai) / Sibirien, Föderationskreis / Russland

You find additional Mackinawit specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color bronzefarben, weiß grau
Streak color schwarz
Lustre Metallglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 2.5
Solubility ++ CrO3/HCl, - HNO3, HCl
Crystal System tetragonal, P4/nmm

Chemism

Chemical formula

(Fe,Ni)1+xS {x = 0 - 0.07}

Chemical composition

Eisen, Nickel, Schwefel

Unit weight: 88.622755 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 2

Info

Empirical formula:

(Fe0.75Ni0.25)S

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Sulfur

S

36.18

1

50.00

32.0655000

32.0655000
Iron

Fe

47.26

0.75

37.50

55.8452000

41.8839000
Nickel

Ni

16.56

0.25

12.50

58.6934200

14.6733550

Analysis wt%

Fe : 55.94, Ni : 8.26, Co : 0.42, S : 35.29 (Ref: American Mineralogist 63)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

2.CC.25

2: Sulfide und Sulfosalze (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide, Sulfarsenite, Sulfantimonite, Sulfbismuthite)
C: Metallsulfide, M : S = 1 : 1 (und ähnliche)
C: mit Nickel (Ni), Eisen (Fe), Cobalt (Co), usw.
25:Mackinawit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

II/B.17-010

II: SULFIDE UND SULFOSALZE (Sulfide, Selenide, Telluride, Arsenide, Antimonide, Bismutide)
B: Sulfide, Selenide und Telluride mit Verhältnis Metall : S,Se,Te > 1:1
17: Sulfide mit vorherrschend Nickel, Kobalt, Rhodium und Palladium

Classification by Hölzel

2.CA.300

2: SULFIDES
C: Sulfides (etc) with Me/S=1/1
A: With Cu Coordination Number ~[3] and ~[4], Layers

Dana 8th edition

02.07.02.01

02: Sulfide Minerals
07: Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=9:8

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

bronzefarben, weiß grau

Streak color

schwarz

Change in color

weiß in reflektiertem Licht

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

opak

Lustre

Metallglanz

Pleochroism

intensiv

Anisotropism

intensiv

Reflectivity: (Lambda nm) ↓, ↑, Ø

(400) 17.70, 25.70, 21.70
(420) 17.00, 28.00, 22.50
(440) 16.40, 30.20, 23.30
(460) 16.20, 32.20, 24.20
(480) 16.10, 34.40, 25.25
(500) 16.00, 36.50, 26.25
(520) 16.10, 38.40, 27.25
(540) 16.10, 40.00, 28.05
(560) 16.30, 41.40, 28.85
(580) 16.50, 42.50, 29.50
(600) 16.70, 43.30, 30.00
(620) 17.00, 43.90, 30.45
(640) 17.20, 44.30, 30.75
(660) 17.40, 44.50, 30.95
(680) 17.50, 44.60, 31.05
(700) 17.70, 44.60, 31.15
Reflection chart Mackinawite

Reflectivity Ø

16.68

Crystallography

Crystal System

tetragonal

Class (H-M)

4/mmm

Space Group number

129

Space Group

P4/nmm

Cell parameters a (Å)

3.674

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

5.033

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.370

Cell parameters c/b

-

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

90°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

2

Volumne (ų)

67.937

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

5.03(100),
2.967(40),
2.308(70),
1.837(40),
1.807(80),
1.725(30),
1.132(10),
1.055(30)
XRD chart Mackinawite

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

2.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

70 (20g)

Density (g/cm³)

4.30

4.332 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

++ CrO3/HCl, - HNO3, HCl

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Finnland/Nordösterbotten (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa), Landschaft/Kuusamo

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Evans & Berner & Milton, 1963

References

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony et al.), 1 (1990), 305

Other languages

German

Mackinawit

Spanish

Mackinawita

French

Mackinawite

English

Mackinawite

Russian

Макинавит

Simplified Chinese

四方硫铁镍矿

Alternative Name

Kansite (of Meyer et al.)

Simplified Chinese

四方硫铁矿

Simplified Chinese

马基诺矿

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Mkw

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