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Jolliffeite

jolliffeite

NiAsSe

Jolliffeite Mineral Data

Jolliffeite Mineral Data — via webmineral.com · Source

Overview

Jolliffeite is a rare selenide mineral with formula NiAsSe or (Ni,Co)AsSe. It is the selenium analogue of the sulfide mineral gersdorffite, NiAsS, with a common impurity of cobalt, CoAsSe. It is named for its discoverer, Alfred Jolliffe, (1907–1988), a Canadian geologist of Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.

Scientific references

  1. Jolliffeite — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3809833 Link
  2. Jolliffeite — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolliffeite Link