A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Breithauptite, NiSb |
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| Description | Breithauptite, NiSb, is a light coppery red mineral consisting of nickel antimonide. This specimen contains a few small grains (center, tarnished do brown) in an unidentified fine grained (greenish) matrix. The white mineral is calcite. Breithauptite commonly occurs in in hydrothermal calcite veins associated with Co-Ni-Ag ores. This sample is 6 cm across. |
| Location | Italy ▹ Sardinia. Near Iglesias. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-07-16. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #168. |
| Key words | breithauptite, Italy |
| Tech details | 380 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1186 |
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