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Dienerite – a mystification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

P. Bayliss*
Affiliation:
Mineralogy, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, N.S.W. 2010, Australia

Abstract

The mineral name dienerite should be allowed to slip into obsolescence. Dienerite AsNi3–x is probably nickelskutterudite As3–xNi caused by a typographical error in the chemical analysis.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2001

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