Formula :
(Ni2+,Ni3+,Co,Fe)(OH)2(OH,S,H2O)
System: hexagonal Hardness:- Rarity:very rare
Strunz id:IV/F.4-10 -
OXIDES and HYDROXIDES
Name origin: Named in 1973 by Noris Morandi and Giorgio Dalrio in honor of John Leslie Jambor [1936 - January 18, 2008 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada], Canadian mineralogist, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa and CANMET, Ottawa, (1960-1993), Professor of Mineralogy (1994-2000), University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, and co-editor of the Canadian Mineralogist (1975-1977). Jambor is one of the most prolific investigators of Canadian type minerals, who described or participated in the description of 31 new species.
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