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Formula: NiP2
Phosphide of nickel
Crystal System: Isometric
Specific gravity: 4.881 calculated
Colour: White with yellowish tinge
Solubility: Insoluble in 10% hydrochloric acid
Environments
Negevite is a relatively new mineral, approved in 2013.
Localities
At the type locality, the Halamish wadi, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District, Israel,
negevite is found in phosphide assemblages as tiny isometric grains reaching 15 microns in size in the
pyrometamorphic complex. It forms intimate intergrowths with other phosphides related to the
iron - nickel - phosphorus system
(AM 105.3.422–427).
Associated minerals include murashkoite,
zuktamrurite,
transjordanite,
halamishite, pyrrhotite,
magnetite, diopside and
andradite
(Mindat).
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