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Dienerite – a mystification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

P. Bayliss
P. Bayliss*
Affiliation:
Mineralogy, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, N.S.W. 2010, Australia
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*E-mail: rossp@amsg.austmus.gov.au
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Abstract

The mineral name dienerite should be allowed to slip into obsolescence. Dienerite AsNi3–x is probably nickelskutterudite As3–x Ni caused by a typographical error in the chemical analysis.

Keywords

dieneriteobsolete mineral namenickelskutterudite

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Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 65 , Issue 5 , October 2001, pp. 685 - 687
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2001

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