vaesiten.
/ˈveɪzʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A mineral of the pyrite group, ideally nickel sulphide, NiS2, found as grey isometric crystals.
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vaesite1945
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1945 P. F. Kerr in Amer. Mineralogist 30 483 Material approaching NiS2 in composition and having a pyrite type of lattice has been found in the Kasompi mine of the Belgian Congo. This mineral is tentatively called vaesite.
1962 W. A. Deer et al. Rock-forming Minerals V. 132 They suggest that many of the natural bravoites are actually vaesite solid solutions or two phase mixtures of nickel-rich pyrite and iron-rich vaesite.
1978 Mineral. Abstr. 29 80/2 The first occurrence of vaesite in Japan is described from the Kuroko-type deposits of the Kosaka mine... It contains small amounts of Fe, Cu, and Co.
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