Nickel

Formula: Ni

Origin of name: from German Kupfernickel = devil's copper

 

Crystal system: cubic

Crystal class: 4/m -3 2/m

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Colour: grayish white

Diaphaneity: opaque

Luster: metallic

Habit: crystals cubic, often intergrown, to 0.1 mm

Hardness: 3.5

Specific gravity: 8.91

Cleavage: none

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