| |
 |
Hauchecornite Mineral Data
|
|
|
General Hauchecornite Information
|
 Chemical Formula: |
Ni9Bi(Sb,Bi)S8 |
| Composition: |
Molecular Weight = 1,137.28 gm |
| |
Nickel 46.45 % Ni |
| |
Bismuth 22.97 % Bi |
| |
Antimony 8.03 % Sb |
| |
Sulfur 22.56 % S |
| |
______ |
| |
100.00 % |
| Empirical Formula: |
Ni9Bi1.25Sb0.75S8 |
| Environment: |
Hydrothermal origin. |
| IMA Status: |
Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1893 |
| Locality: |
From the Friedrich mine, near Wissen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Link to MinDat.org Location Data. |
| Name Origin: |
Named for William Hauchecorn (1828-1900), Director of the Geological Survey and the Mining Academy, Berlin, Germany. |
| Name Pronunciation: |
Hauchecornite + Pronunciation  |
| Synonym: |
ICSD 40055 |
| |
PDF 6-457 |
| |