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Definition of Niccolite
1. n. A mineral of a copper-red color and metallic luster; an arsenide of nickel; -- called also coppernickel, kupfernickel.
Definition of Niccolite
1. Noun. (minerology) A mineral, a form of nickel arsenide, NiAs, having a metallic lustre and copper-red colour, that is a minor ore of nickel. ¹
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Definition of Niccolite
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Literary usage of Niccolite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elementary Quantitative Analysis by Alexander Classen (1878)
"niccolite. KUPFERNICKEL. Composition—Nickel, arsenic (iron, lead, sulphur). ...
As there is but a trifling amount of iron in niccolite, it is separated from ..."
2. Elementary Quantitative Analysis by Alexander Classen (1878)
"As there is but a trifling amount of iron in niccolite, it is separated from
nickel by double precipitation with ammonium hydrate and carbonate. ..."
3. Report of the Section of Chemistry and Mineralogy by George Christian Hoffman (1906)
"niccolite. Among some of the more recently received mineral specimens sent for
identification, was one consisting of a compact, massive, niccolite, ..."
4. Lectures on Mineralogy: Delivered at the School of Mines, Columbia College by Thomas Egleston (1886)
"Ni As must be regarded as a general formula, for niccolite is one of the hybrid
species, in which arsenic and antimony replace each other, as the? mineral ..."
5. Hand-book of Mineral Analysis by Friedrich Wöhler (1871)
"niccolite* NiAs. I. PREPARATION OF PURE NICKEL.—The finely powdered arsenide of
nickel is heated in a crucible placed obliquely in the fire where the ..."
6. A Study of Ore Deposits for the Practical Miner: With Descriptions of Ore by James Philip Wallace (1908)
"Fracture, fibrous. H. 3 to 3.5. G. 4.6 to 5.6. When heated, gives off fumes of
sulphur. Meltable alone. Soluble in aqua regia. niccolite. Arsenical Nickel. ..."
7. Mineralogy Simplified: Easy Methods of Identifying Minerals, Including Ores by Henry Erni (1901)
"niccolite, NiAs, III. Pale coppery red. No sulphur in the open tube. 0n strong
ignition a slight sublimate of metallic arsenic in the closed tube. ..."
8. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1904)
"niccolite, in the an- • alyses quoted by Dana and others, carries only a small
... 1) if we consider the 7 per cent, of nickel to exist as niccolite, ..."
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