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	 Nickelbischofite Mineral Data  |  |  | 
   
| General Nickelbischofite  Information  | 
|  Chemical  Formula: | NiCl2•6(H2O) | 
|  Composition: | Molecular Weight = 237.69 gm | 
|  | Nickel    24.69 %  Ni   31.42 % NiO | 
|  | Hydrogen   5.09 %  H    45.48 % H2O | 
|  | Chlorine  29.83 %  Cl   29.83 % Cl | 
|  | -   %
  Cl   -6.73 % -O=Cl2 | 
|  | Oxygen    40.39 %  O | 
|  | ______        ______ | 
|  | 100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE | 
|  Empirical Formula: | NiCl2•6(H2O) | 
|  IMA Status: | Approved IMA 1979 | 
|  Locality: | Link to MinDat.org Location Data. | 
|  Name Origin: | Nickel analog of bischofite. | 
|  Name Pronunciation: | Nickelbischofite  + Pronunciation   | 
|  Synonym: | ICSD 64878 | 
|  | IMA1978-056 | 
|  | PDF 25-1044 | 
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