General Information:
Chemical Formula:NiAs2
Composition:(Molecular Weight = 208.53 gm)Nickel 28.14 %
NiArsenic 71.86 %
As Empirical Formula: NiAs2
Name Origin:Named after the German chemist and mineralogist, K. F. Rammelsberg (1812-1899).
Physical Properties: Cleavage:[???] Indistinct
Color:tin white or reddish white.
Density:7.1
Diaphaniety:Opaque
Habits:Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline)., Radial - Crystals radiate from a center without producing stellar forms (e.g. stibnite), Massive - Granular - Commo n texture observed in granite and other
Hardness:5.5 - Knife Blade
Luminescence:None.
Luster:Metallic
Streak:black
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