Formula: FeNi2S4
Origin of name: from Latin violaris = of violet
Crystal system: cubic
Crystal class: 4/m -3 2/m
Twinning:
Unit cell:
Colour: light gray to steel-gray, rapidly tarnished copper-red or violet-gray
Diaphaneity: opaque
Luster: metallic
Habit: massive, granular to compact
Hardness: 4.5 to 5.5
Specific gravity: 4.5 to 4.8
Cleavage: 1; {001} imperfect
Tenacity:
Streak:
Synonyms/varieties:
Comments:
| Back to Alphabetical list | Colour photos | Optical properties/Thin sections | SEM images | TEM images | vibrational spectra description | IR spectra | Raman spectra | N-IR spectra | F-IR spectra | IES spectra |