A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Annabergite on niccolite (nickeline) |
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| Description | Annabergite, Ni3(AsO4)2-8H2O (hydrated nickel arsenate), has a wonderful, bright green color. This characteristic color is easily noticeable and was used to spot veins of nickel-bearing ore. Annabergite, or “nickel bloom” as it is called by miners, is a weathering product of nickel-containing minerals such as niccolite (nickeline), NiAs, as in this sample. |
| Location | Canada ▹ Ontario. Near Cobalt. |
| Photographer | Nessa Eull. 2001-10-05. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1046. |
| Key words | Annabergite, Niccolite, Ontario, Canada |
| Tech details | 457 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 1613 |
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