What Does Pentlandite Mean?
Pentlandite Is an Iron–Nickel Sulfide with the Chemical Formula 9S 8. Pentlandite Has a Narrow Variation Range in Ni: Fe but It Is Usually Described as Having...
Pentlandite is an iron–nickel sulfide with the chemical formula 9S 8. Pentlandite has a narrow variation range in Ni:Fe but it is usually described as having a Ni:Fe of 1:1. It also contains minor cobalt, usually at low levels as a fraction of weight.
How do you identify a Pentlandite?
- Color is muted brassy to bronze yellow.
- Luster is metallic.
- Transparency crystals are opaque.
- Crystal System is isometric; 4/m bar 3 2/m.
- Crystal Habits are limited to mostly massive rock forming formations and as granular components of massive sulfide rocks.
- Hardness is 3.5 - 4.
What does Pentlandite look like?
Pentlandite is an iron nickel sulfide with chemical formula of [(Fe,Ni)9S8]. The mineral was discovered by and named after the Irish scientist Joseph Barclay Pentland. The color is yellow-bronze with light bronze-brown streak and metallic luster.
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