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Formula: Ni3P
Phosphide
Crystal System: Tetragonal
Specific gravity: 7.61 calculated
Hardness: 6½ to 7
Colour: In reflected light, white with a pink-yellow tint
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Localities
At the Onello meteorite, Bol'shoy Dolguchan River, Onello River basin, Aldan shield, Sakha, Russia,
nickelphosphide is associated with allabogdanite
(HOM).
At the type locality. the Butler meteorite, Bates County, Missouri, USA, nickelphosphide occurs in the
iron meteorite as isometric grains, to 30 μm, in
kamacite lamellae, and as xenomorphous elongate inclusions, up to
200 μm long, in larger kamacite spindles. Associated minerals include
kamacite, taenite,
carlsbergite,
schreibersite and
barringerite
(Mindat).
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