fletcherite
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Fletcherite is a rare thiospinel sulfide mineral with formula . It is an opaque metallic steel gray mineral which crystallizes in the cubic crystal system. It is a member of the linnaeite group.
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- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 2.DA.05
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 2.DA.05
- crystal system
- cubic crystal system
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- Cu(Ni,Co)₂S₄
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Fletcherite is a rare thiospinel sulfide mineral with formula . It is an opaque metallic steel gray mineral which crystallizes in the cubic crystal system. It is a member of the linnaeite group.
It was first described in 1977 for an occurrence in the Fletcher Mine, Viburnum Trend (New Lead Belt), near Centerville, Reynolds County, Missouri.
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