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- noun mineralogy A
tetragonal iron nickel sulfide mineral that occurs asopaque bronze to grey-whitetabular crystals andanhedral masses .
Etymologies
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Mackinaw mine, Washington, where an occurrence was first described, and -ite.
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A sample of the sulphide mineral selected for petrographic analysis was determined to contain an alteration assemblage of minerals including godlevskite (Ni9S8) along with veining of mackinawite ((Fe, Ni) 9S8).
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