Maucherite

Formula: Ni11As8

Reflected/transmitted colour: opaque, polished section when massive and isolate from other minerals; plain white, otherwise pinkish gray

Pleochroism:

Optical isotropy/anisotropy: polished section weak to distinct anisotropic, only visible in oil, light gray to dark gray

Optical sign:

Refractive indices:

Birefringence δ/bireflectance: polished section bireflectance not observable

2V angle:

Dispersion:

Optical orientation:

Optical axial plane:

 

Back to Alphabetical list Colour photos Physical, chemical and crystallographic description SEM images TEM images vibrational spectra description IR spectra Raman spectra N-IR spectra F-IR spectra IES spectra