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Formula: Ni4AsS2
Sulphide, nickel- and arsenic-
bearing mineral
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Specific gravity: 6.2 calculated
Hardness: 4½ to 5
Streak: Black
Colour: Yellow with brownish tint
Common impurities: Fe
Environments
Although vozhminite was approved in 1981, to date (December 2023) it has been reported only from the type
locality.
Localities
At the type locality, the Vozhminskii Massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia, vozhminite occurs
as grains, 5 to 50 microns in size, in heazlewoodite ore in
serpentinites. Other associated minerals include
tučekite, magnetite,
geversite and native copper
(AM 68.645).
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