A rare, very rich specimen of metallic-bright, brassy, nickeline crystals to 2-4 mm nicely accented with minor baryte.An old-time piece from Eisleben, Germany. Nickeline is the combination of the two elements, nickel and arsenic.
Formula :
NiAs
System: hexagonal Hardness:5-5½ Rarity:not common
Strunz id:II/C.20-20 -
SULFIDES
Name origin: From the German nickname for the ore miners called kupfernickel (copper nickel); after Old Nick and his mischievous gnomes, because the ore seemed to contain copper but yielded none.
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 Specimen weight:55 gr.
 Crystal size:Up to 2-4 mm
 Overall size: 60mm x 12 mm x 32 mm
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