Jolliffeite

Formula:  NiAsSe

Origin of name:  For Alfred Jolliffe, Canadian geologist

 

Crystal system:  Cubic

Crystal class:  2/m -3

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Colour:  White in reflected light

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Habit:  Anhedral grains to 145 x 240 µm, typically rimmed by clausthalite

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Cleavage:  None

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Comments:  Se analouge of gersdorffite-Pa3; identified in polished section

 

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