Hellyerita
Sign in to saveHellyerite, NiCO3·6(H2O), is a hydrated nickel carbonate mineral. It is light blue to bright green in colour, has a hardness of 2.5, a vitreous luster, a white streak and crystallises in the monoclinic system. The crystal habit is as platy and mammillary encrustations on its matrix. It is a pentahydrate according to X-ray crystallography. The solid consists of [Ni2(CO3)2(H2O)8] subunits with an extra pair of water of hydration.
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Vinony's link graph records 15 inbound references to Hellyerita, and connects out to Australia, South Africa and Tasmania.
It is catalogued under topics including Carbonate minerals, Minerals in space group 15 and Monoclinic minerals.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- carbonate and nitrate class of minerals
- Image
- Hellyerite-Heazlewoodite-Zaratite-255032.jpg
Show 6 more facts
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 5.CA.20
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 5.CA.20
- Commons category
- Hellyerite
- crystal system
- triclinic crystal system
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Hy
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- Vb/C.01
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Article · Español
La hellyerita es un mineral carbonato y por lo tanto de la llamada clase de los minerales carbonatos y nitratos. Fue descubierta en 1958 en una mina del distrito de , en la isla de Tasmania (Australia), siendo nombrada en honor de Henry Hellyer, supervisor de dicha mina.
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