Maucherite

Maucherite
Specific gravity		6.9–7.3
References	[2]

Maucherite is a grey to reddish silver white

of 7.83. It is also known as placodine and Temiskamite. The unit cell is of symmetry group P4₁2₁2 or P4₃2₁2.

It has the chemical formula: Ni₁₁As₈ and commonly contains copper, iron, cobalt, antimony, and sulfur as impurities.

It was discovered in 1913 in Eisleben, Germany and was named after Wilhelm Maucher (1879–1930), a German mineral collector.

References

• Mindat localities
• Schumann, Walter (1991). Mineralien aus aller Welt. BLV Bestimmungsbuch (2 ed.). p. 223.
  ISBN 978-3-405-14003-8
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