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General Oregonite Information
Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: Ni2FeAs2
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 323.07 gm
   Iron     17.29 %  Fe
   Nickel   36.33 %  Ni
   Arsenic  46.38 %  As
           ______ 
           100.00 % 
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ni2Fe2+As2
Help on Environment: Environment: In serpentinite.
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1959
Help on Locality: Locality: Josephine Creek, Josephine County, Oregon, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for the state of Oregon, USA.
 

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Oregonite

Comments: Steel gray, altering to brown, rounded oregonite pebble with serpentinite rock.
Location: Josephine Creek, Josephine County, Oregon, USA. Scale: See Photo.
© Jeff Weissman / Photographic Guide to Mineral Species

Oregonite Crystallography
Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:1.17211
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 6.083, c = 7.13, Z = 3; V = 228.48 Den(Calc)= 7.04
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: HexagonalSpace Group: Unk
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 2.119(1), 2.314(1), 1.991(0.7),
 

Physical Properties of Oregonite

Help on Color: Color: White, Gray white.
Help on Density: Density: 6.92
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Opaque
Help on Habit: Habit: Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock.
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 5 - Apatite
Help on Luster: Luster: Metallic
 

Optical Properties of Oregonite

Help on RL Anisotrophism: RL Anisotrophism: Weak.
Help on RL Color: RL Color: White.
Help on Reflectivity Reflectivity
Standardized Intensity (100%) Reflection Spectra of Oregonite in Air
λ R  ∑ R(λ) 
 400 nm   41.70   
 420 nm   43.00 
 440 nm   44.30 
 460 nm   45.30 
 480 nm   46.10 
 500 nm   46.70 
 520 nm   47.20 
 540 nm   48.00 
 560 nm   48.90 
 580 nm   50.10 
 600 nm   51.30 
 620 nm   52.80 
 640 nm   54.20 
 660 nm   55.40 
 680 nm   56.40 
 700 nm   57.20 
Calculated Relative Intensity Colors of Oregonite in Air
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Calculated Properties of Oregonite

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=6.45 gm/cc
note: rOregonite =7.04 gm/cc.
Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00777
Boson Index = 0.99223
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEOregonite = 53.43 barns/electron
U=PEOregonite x relectron= 344.66 barns/cc.
Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Oregonite is Not Radioactive
 

Oregonite Classification
Help on Dana Class: Dana Class: 2.5.4.1 (2)Sulfides - Including Selenides and Tellurides
  (2.5)where Am Bn Xp, with (m+n):p=3:2
  (2.5.4)Dana Group
 
2.5.4.1 Oregonite Ni2FeAs2 Unk Hex
Help on Strunz Class: Strunz Class: II/B.12-50 II - Sulfides and sulphosalts
  II/B - Sulfides with metal: sulfur, selenium and tellurium > 1:1, Sulfides with predominant Nickel, Cobalt, Rhodium and Palladium
  II/B.12 - Rhodplumsite - Oregonite series
 
II/B.12-10 Rhodplumsite Pb2Rh3S2 R 3m 3 2/m
 
II/B.12-20 Shandite Pb2Ni3S2 R 3m 3 2/m
 
II/B.12-25 Laflammeite! Pd3Pb2S2 C 2/m 2/m
 
II/B.12-30 Parkerite Ni3(Bi,Pb)2S2 Pmam 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
II/B.12-40 Heazlewoodite Ni3S2 R 32 3 2
 
II/B.12-50 Oregonite Ni2FeAs2 Unk Hex
 

Other Oregonite Information
Help on References: References: NAME( Dana8) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(AntBidBlaNic1)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Oregonite :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 - EUROmin Project 4 -Google Images 5 -Google Scholar 6 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 7 -MinDAT 8 -MinMax(Deutsch) 9 -MinMax(English) 10 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 11 -QUT Mineral Atlas 12 -École des Mines de Paris

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Oregonite

Ni2FeAs2
Dana No: 2.5.4.1 Strunz No: II/B.12-50
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