Arsenohauchecornite and Tellurohauchecornite: New Minerals in the Hauchecornite Group

Robert I. Gait and Donald C. Harris

Department of Mineralogy and Geology, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6
CANMET, 555 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0G1

Summary: Arsenohauchecornite, Ni₉BiAsS₈, and tellurohauchecornite, Ni₉BiTeS₈ from the Sudbury area, Ontario, are now recognized as distinct mineral species in the Hauchecornite Group and not as varieties as described previously. Descriptions of these two minerals are given, summarized from Gait and Harris (1972).

Mineralogical Magazine; September 1980 v. 43; no. 331; p. 877-878; DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1980.043.331.09
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