Wairauite

Formula: CoFe

Origin of name: locality Wairau, New Zealand

 

Crystal system: cubic

Crystal class: 4/m -3 2/m

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Colour: steel-gray

Diaphaneity: opaque

Luster: metallic

Habit: euhedral grains, cubic and octahedral, smaller than 2 micron

Hardness: 4.5

Specific gravity: 8.23

Cleavage: none

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