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Native Nickel

A valid IMA mineral species

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Native Nickel

Nouméa, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France

Native Nickel, etc.

West Jordan deposit, Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Native Nickel, etc.

Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Native Nickel

Nouméa, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France

Native Nickel, etc.

West Jordan deposit, Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Native Nickel, etc.

Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Native Nickel

Nouméa, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France

Native Nickel, etc.

West Jordan deposit, Lake Way Station, Wiluna Shire, Western Australia, Australia

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About Native NickelHide

Formula:

Colour:

White, bright silver

Lustre:

Metallic

Hardness:

3½

Crystal System:

Isometric

Member of:

Nickel Group

Name:

From the German Nickel, meaning a demon, as a contraction of Kupfernickel, Devil's copper, as it was believed to contain copper but yielded none.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Bogota, Canala, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France

Dimorph of:

Garutiite

See also awaruite, kamacite, taenite and tetrataenite.
Compare 'UM1981-07-E:FeIrNiOsRu'.

NOTE: Quite likely many of the listed localities for "native" nickel in reality just refer to nickel-bearing ores and not the native element. Caveat emptor!

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

2895

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:2895:6

IMA Classification of Native NickelHide

IMA status:

Approved

Approval year:

1966

Classification of Native NickelHide

Strunz-mindat (2026):

1.AA.05

1 : ELEMENTS (Metals and intermetallic alloys; metalloids and nonmetals; carbides, silicides, nitrides, phosphides)
A : Metals and Intermetallic Alloys
A : Copper-cupalite family

Dana 7th ed.:

1.1.17.2

Dana 8th ed.:

1.1.11.5

1 : NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS
1 : Metals, other than the Platinum Group

Hey's CIM Ref.:

1.61

1 : Elements and Alloys (including the arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides of Cu, Ag and Au)

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference for Standard
Ni	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of Native NickelHide

Lustre:

Metallic

Transparency:

Opaque

Colour:

White, bright silver

Hardness:

3½ on Mohs scale

Optical Data of Native NickelHide

Type:

Isotropic

Colour in reflected light:

White (more bluish white than heazlewoodite).

Chemistry of Native NickelHide

Mindat Formula:

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
Ni	100.000 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

Ni - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Common Impurities:

Fe,Co

Crystallography of Native NickelHide

Crystal System:

Isometric

Class (H-M):

m3m(4/m32/m) - Hexoctahedral

Space Group:

Fm3m

Cell Parameters:

a = 3.5238 Å

Unit Cell V:

43.76 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0013097	Native Nickel	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	293
0012145	Native Nickel	Weik H, Hemenger P (1965) Existence of the hexagonal modification of nickel Bulletin of the American Physical Society 10 1140-1140	1965	synthetic	293
0012048	Native Nickel	Lundqvist D (1947) X-ray studies on the binary system Ni-S Arkiv for Mineralogi och Geologi 24 1-12	1947	synthetic	293
0012932	Native Nickel	Jette E R, Foote F (1935) Precision determination of lattice constants Journal of Chemical Physics 3 605-616	1935	synthetic	293
0015121	Native Nickel	Davey W P (1925) Lattice constants of twelve common metals Physical Review 25 753-761	1925	synthetic	293
0015113	Native Nickel	Hull A W (1917) A new method of x-ray crystal analysis Physical Review 10 661-696	1917	synthetic	293
0014958	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	291
0014957	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	289
0014956	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	288
0014955	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	287
0014954	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	286
0014953	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	285
0014959	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	371
0014960	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	460
0014961	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	530
0014962	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	548
0014963	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	574
0013098	Native Nickel	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	578
0014964	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	604
0014965	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	606
0014966	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	609
0014967	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	611
0014968	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	614
0014969	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	615
0014970	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	616
0014971	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	618
0014972	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	619
0014973	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	621
0014974	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	622
0014975	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	625
0014976	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	629
0014977	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	632
0014978	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	635
0014979	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	636
0014980	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	638
0014981	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	643
0014982	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	646
0014983	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	647
0014984	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	651
0014985	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	661
0014986	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	671
0013099	Native Nickel	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	676
0014987	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	678
0014988	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	683
0014989	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	684
0014990	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	702
0014991	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	733
0014992	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	774
0013100	Native Nickel	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	825
0014993	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	830
0014994	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	876
0014995	Native Nickel	Owen E A, Yates E L (1936) X-ray measurement of the thermal expansion of pure nickel Philosophical Magazine 21 809-819	1936	synthetic	881
0013101	Native Nickel	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	1007
0013102	Native Nickel	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	1123
0013103	Native Nickel	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	1256
0013104	Native Nickel	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	1345
0013105	Native Nickel	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	1433
0013106	Native Nickel	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	1553
0013107	Native Nickel	Suh I-K, Ohta H, Waseda Y (1988) High-temperature thermal expansion of six metallic elements measured by dilatation method and X-ray diffraction Journal of Materials Science 23 757-760	1988	synthetic	1676
0011186	Native Nickel	Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York Hexagonal closest packed, hcp, structure Crystal Structures 1 7-83	1963		293
0011153	Native Nickel	Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York Cubic closest packed, ccp, structure Crystal Structures 1 7-83	1963		293

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Ni   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
2.034 Å	(100)
1.762 Å	(42)
1.246 Å	(21)
1.0624 Å	(20)
0.7880 Å	(15)
0.8084 Å	(14)
1.0172 Å	(7)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 3b: Earth’s earliest hydrosphere	>4.45
13 : Hadean serpentinization
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks	>3.0
36 : Carbonatites, kimberlites, and related igneous rocks
Stage 5: Initiation of plate tectonics	<3.5-2.5
38 : Ophiolites

Type Occurrence of Native NickelHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Bogota, Canala, Northern Province, New Caledonia, France

General Appearance of Type Material:

euhedral grains and intergrown cubic crystals, up to 0.1 mm, within heazlewoodite; anhedral, “spiderlike”, irregular masses between grains of heazlewoodite; flakes, up to 0.75 mm in size.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

LT-hydrothermal in serpentinized ultramafic rocks.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Chalcocite	Chalcopyrite	Galena	Godlevskite	Heazlewoodite
Millerite	Native Copper	Orcelite	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyrrhotite

Synonyms of Native NickelHide

IMA1966-039

Nickel

Other Language Names for Native NickelHide

Afrikaans:Nikkel

Arabic:نيكل

Armenian:Նիկել

Azeri:Nikel

Basque:Nikel

Belarusian:Нікель

Bengali:নিকেল

Bosnian:Nikl

Bulgarian:Никел

Catalan:Níquel

Chuvash:Никĕль

Corsican:Nichele

Croatian:Nikal

Czech:Nikl

Danish:Nikkel

Dutch:Nikkel

Esperanto:Nikelo

Estonian:Nikkel

Farsi/Persian:نیکل

Finnish:Nikkeli

French:Native Nickel

Friulian:Nichel

Galician:Níquel

Georgian:ნიკელი

German:Native Nickel

Greek:Νικέλιο

Haitian:Nikèl

Hebrew:ניקל

Hindi:निकेल

Hungarian:Nikkel

Icelandic:Nikkel

Ido:Nikelo

Indonesian:Nikel

Italian:Nichel

Japanese:自然ニッケル

Javanese:Nikel

Korean:니켈

Kurdish (Latin Script):Nîkel

Latin:Niccolum

Latvian:Niķelis

Lithuanian:Nikelis

Lojban:Nikle

Low Saxon/Low German:Native Nickel

Luxembourgish:Néckel

Macedonian:Никел

Malayalam:നിക്കല്‍

Manx:Nickyl

Maori:Konukōreko

Marathi:निकेल

Nahuatl:Iztāctepoztli

Norwegian:Nikkel

Norwegian (Nynorsk):Nikkel

Occitan:Niquèl

Polish:Nikiel

Portuguese:Níquel

Quechua:Nikil

Romanian:Nichel

Russian:Никель

Serbian:Никл

Serbo-Croatian:Nikl

Sicilian:Nichel

Simplified Chinese:自然镍

Slovak:Nikel

Slovenian:Nikelj

Spanish:Níquel

Swahili:Nikeli

Swedish:Native Nickel

Tajik (Cyrillic Script):Никел

Tamil:நிக்கல்

Thai:นิกเกิล

Turkish:Nikel

Ukrainian:Нікель

Uzbek (Latin Script):Nikel

Vietnamese:Niken

Yiddish:ניקל

Varieties of Native NickelHide

Oktibbehite

A name for meteoritic "iron" with Ni>Fe. Mixture of Awaruite, Taenite and other high Ni minerals.
Originally described from Oktibbeha Co., Mississippi, USA.

Relationship of Native Nickel to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Nickel Group

Other Members of Nickel Group:

Native Aluminium	Al	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
Native Lead	Pb	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m

Common AssociatesHide

Associations Based on Photo Data:

2 photos of Native Nickel associated with Native Ruthenium	(Ru,Ir)
2 photos of Native Nickel associated with 'Unnamed (Ta-Mo intermetallide)'	Ta₂Mo
1 photo of Native Nickel associated with Heazlewoodite	Ni₃S₂
1 photo of Native Nickel associated with Magnetite	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

1.AA.	Jonlarsenite	Al₄Cu₉	Iso. 43m : P43m
1.AA.	Pratesiite	AgCuTe₂	Orth. mm2 : Pmm2
1.AA.05	Native Lead	Pb	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
1.AA.05a	Auricupride Subgroup
1.AA.05	Native Silver	Ag	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
1.AA.05	'UM2004-08-E:AuCuPd'	Cu₂PdAu
1.AA.05	'UM1991-06-E:AuCu'	Au₃Cu
1.AA.05	Native Aluminium	Al	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
1.AA.05	Steinhardtite	Al_0.38Ni_0.32Fe_0.30	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Im3m
1.AA.05	Native Gold	Au	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
1.AA.05	Native Copper	Cu	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
1.AA.05	Copper Group
1.AA.10a	Cuproauride	Cu₃Au
1.AA.10b	Tetra-auricupride	AuCu	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4/mmm
1.AA.10a	Auricupride	Cu₃Au	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Pm3m
1.AA.10	Nickel Group
1.AA.15	Anyuiite	AuPb₂	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : I4/mcm
1.AA.15	Novodneprite	AuPb₃	Tet. 42m : I42m
1.AA.15	'UM1985-02-E:AlZn'	(Zn,Cu)Al₂
1.AA.15	Khatyrkite	(Cu,Zn)Al₂	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : I4/mcm
1.AA.20	Cupalite	(Cu,Zn)Al	Orth.
1.AA.25	Hunchunite	Au₂Pb	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fd3m
1.AA.30	Stolperite	AlCu	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Pm3m
1.AA.35	Hollisterite	Al₃Fe	Mon. 2/m : B2/m
1.AA.40	Icosahedrite	Al₆₃Cu₂₄Fe₁₃	Icos. 53m : Fm35
1.AA.45	Kryachkoite	(Al,Cu)₆(Fe,Cu)	Orth. mm2 : Cmc2₁
1.AA.50	Proxidecagonite	Al₃₄Ni₉Fe₂	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pnma

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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References for Native NickelHide

Reference List:

Ramdohr, P. (1967) The wide spread paragenesis of ore minerals originating during serpentinization (with some data on new and insufficiently described minerals). Geologiya Rudnykh Mestorozhdenii: 2: 32-43.

Fleischer, M. (1968) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 53 (1-2). 348-351

Challis, G. A. (1975) Native nickel from the Jerry River, South Westland, New Zealand: an example of natural refining. Mineralogical Magazine, 40 (311) 247-251 doi:10.1180/minmag.1975.040.311.05

(2005) Nickel. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Gibbs, G. V., Downs, R. T., Prewitt, C. T., Rosso, K. M., Ross, N. L., Cox, D. F. (2005) Electron Density Distributions Calculated for the Nickel Sulfides Millerite, Vaesite, and Heazlewoodite and Nickel Metal: A Case for the Importance of Ni−Ni Bond Paths for Electron Transport. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109 (46). 21788-21795 doi:10.1021/jp054109a

Anthony, John W., Bideaux, Richard A., Bladh, Kenneth W., Nichols, Monte C. - Eds. (2016) Handbook of Mineralogy. https://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/

Ma, C., Lin, C., Bindi, L., Steinhardt, P.J. (2016) Discovery of new Al-Cu-Fe minerals in the Khatyrka CV3 meteorite. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society.

Localities for Native NickelHide

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- Good crystals or important locality for species.

- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Atlantic Ocean
Mid-Atlantic Ridge complex ⓘ Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse hydrothermal field (TAG)	Dekov (2006)

Australia
New South Wales Yancowinna Co. Broken Hill district Broken Hill ⓘ Consols Mine (ABH Consols Mine; Australian Broken Hill Consols Mine)	Munro-Smith (2006)
South Australia District Council of Mount Barker ⓘ Brukunga Quarry	Graham (1978)
Pastoral Unincorporated Area Leigh Creek Station Mount Serle ⓘ ~~Nichol Nob Mine (Nichols Nob Mine; Benalack mine)~~	SA Geodata Database - Mineral Deposit ...
Mount Victor Plumbago Station ⓘ Ethiudna Mines	SA Geodata Database - Mineral Deposit ...
ⓘ ~~Ethiudna Main Shaft (Block 7116; Cobalt Nickel And Copper Mining Syndicate; Ethiudna Wollastonite; Lady Katherine; Mc 9726; New Year Gift; New Years Gift)~~	SA Geodata Database
Tasmania West Coast municipality Rosebery district ⓘ Wilson River mineral field	Bottrill et al. (2008)
Western Australia Leonora Shire ⓘ Marriott's Ni prospect	Thebaud et al. (U.W.A.)
Ten Mile Outcamp ⓘ Mount Clifford Ni deposit	October 1981 +3 other references
Wiluna Shire Lake Way Station ⓘ West Jordan deposit	Grguric et al. (2013)

Austria
Styria Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District Pernegg an der Mur Kirchdorf ⓘ S35 motorway tunnel (Kirchdorf tunnel)	Kolitsch et al. (2010)
Traföß Trafößgraben ⓘ Forestry road cut	Bojar H.P. (2022)
Liezen District Landl Gams bei Hieflau ⓘ Gams stratigraphic sections	Grachev et al. (2007) +3 other references

Brazil
Pará Canaã dos Carajás ⓘ GT34 Ni deposit	Garcia et al. (2020)
Sergipe Canindé de São Francisco ⓘ Canindé domain	de Sá et al. (2018)

Canada
British Columbia Similkameen Mining Division Tulameen River ⓘ Grasshopper Mt	Anthony et al. (1990)
Manitoba Thompson Nickel Belt Moab-Setting Lakes area ⓘ Thompson Mine	Chen +2 other references
Nunavut Coppermine River area ⓘ Muskox Intrusion	Hulbert et al. (1998)

China
Gansu Dingxi Min Co. ⓘ Zhaishang Au deposit	Liu Jiajun et al. (2008)
Heilongjiang Jixi Lishu District ⓘ Liumao Mine	Khanchuk et al. (2017, March)
Jiangsu Lianyungang Donghai Co. Maobei ⓘ CCSD Main Hole	Jingsui Yang et al. (2006)
Sichuan Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture) Garzê County (Ganzi County) ⓘ Gala Au Mine	Guangfu Zou and Ying Mao (2006)
Tibet Ngari Burang Co. (Purang Co.; Pulan Co.) ⓘ Burang ophiolite	Pujol-Solà et al. (2021)
Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture) Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.) ⓘ Luobusha ophiolite ("Luobusa ophiolite")	Wenji Bai et al. (2001)

Egypt
Red Sea Governorate ⓘ Um Samra-Um Bakra shear zone	Ismail (2017) +1 other reference
ⓘ Um Solimate	Ali et al. (2021)
Wadi Sikait ⓘ Emerald mines (Sikait emerald deposit)	Kamar et al. (2022, August)

Finland
Kainuu Suomussalmi ⓘ Kauniinvaara	Pakkanen et al. (1995)

France
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Ain Belley Loyettes ⓘ Loyettes quarry	Ducluzaux (2022)
New Caledonia Northern Province Canala ⓘ Bogota (TL)	Ramdohr (1967)
Southern Province ⓘ Nouméa ?	Witzke (2023)

Greece
Central Greece Euboea Istiaia-Aidipsos ⓘ Aedipsos	Kanellopoulos et al. (2024)
Thessaly Trikala Meteora ⓘ Korydallos area	Kapsiotis (2013)

India
Maharashtra Amravati Division Buldhana District ⓘ Lonar Crater	Gornostaeva et al. (2023)
Uttar Pradesh Mau District ⓘ Chainpur meteorite	Töpel-Schadt et al. (1979)

Iraq
Diyala Governorate ⓘ Hamrin Basalt	Kettanah (2023)
Kirkuk Governorate Hawija District ⓘ Hamrin Mountains	Kettanah et al. (2017)

Israel
Southern District Beersheba Subdistrict Tamar Regional Council Hatrurim Basin Wadi Zohar ⓘ Paralava occurrence (3)	Futrzyński et al. (2023)

Italy
Lombardy Sondrio Province ⓘ Malenco Valley	Montrasio et al. (1996)
Sardinia South Sardinia Province ⓘ Furtei	Fernando Caboni et al. (2024)
ⓘ Furtei mine	Fernando Caboni et al. (2024)

Japan
Ehime Prefecture Higashi-Akaishi Ultrahigh-Pressure Peridotite Complex ⓘ Higashi-Akaishi dunite	Kadota et al. (2008)
Kagawa Prefecture ⓘ Takamatsu	Miura et al (2000)

Kazakhstan
Aktobe Region Kargaly District Kempirsai Cr deposit Main ore field Dzharlybutak Ore Group ⓘ Almaz-Zhemchuzhina deposit	Saveliev et al. (2023)
ⓘ Geofizicheskoe-VII deposit	Saveliev et al. (2023)

New Zealand
West Coast Region Westland District ⓘ Jerry River	Challis (1975)
ⓘ Red Mountain (Big Red Hill)	Dekov (2006)

Norway
Akershus Lillestrøm Skedsmo Berger ⓘ NMM/L2 micrometeorite	Bindi et al. (2025)

Oman
Dhofar Governorate ⓘ Dhofar 225 meteorite (Dho 225)	Meteoritical Bulletin et al. (2002)

Pacific Ocean
Sea of Japan ⓘ Belyaevsky Rise	Astakhova et al. (2014)

Poland
Greater Poland Voivodeship Poznań ⓘ Morasko meteorite	Gurdziel et al. (2016)
Lesser Poland Voivodeship Wieliczka County ⓘ Wieliczka Mine	Mazur L. 1969: Rodzimy nikiel z kopalni ...

Portugal
Viana do Castelo Ponte de Lima Cabração e Moreira do Lima Moreira do Lima ⓘ São Julião de Moreira meteorite	Minerais de Portugal Continental por Amílcar Mário de Jesus (Prof. Mineralogia IST)

Russia
Buryatia Baunt District ⓘ Uakit iron meteorite	- (2010) +1 other reference
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug Anadyrsky District Iomrautvaam massif ⓘ Khatyrka meteorite	Ma et al. (2016)
Kamchatka Krai Koryak Okrug Olyutorsky district Korf ⓘ Gal'moenan ultrabasic massif	[var: Oktibbehite] Sidorov et al. (2018)
Milkovsky District Tolbachik Volcanic field Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture) Northern Breakthrough (North Breach) ⓘ First scoria cone	Glavatskih S.F. (2003)
Yelizovsky District ⓘ Avachinsky volcano (Avacha volcano; Avachinskaya Sopka)	S. ISHIMARU (2009)
Khabarovsk Krai ⓘ Albaza deposit	Kemkina et al. (2018, July)
Ayano-Maysky district ⓘ Konder alkaline-ultrabasic massif	Lennikov et al. (2004)
Khakassia (Republic of Khakassia) Askizsky Rayon Askiz ore district ⓘ Chapsordag deposit	Kassandrov et al. (2009)
ⓘ Malosyrsky deposit	Kassandrov et al. (2009)
Krasnoyarsk Krai Taymyrsky Dolgano-Nenetsky District ⓘ Popigai impact crater (Popigai impact structure)	- (Pis'ma v Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, vol. 1, Apr. 1975, p. 43-47.)
Murmansk Oblast Northern Karelia ⓘ Vozhminskii Massif (Vozhmin)	Rudashevskii N S et al. (1982) +1 other reference
ⓘ Panarechka volcano	Chernyavsky et al. (2012) +1 other reference
Primorsky Krai Mikhaylovsky District ⓘ Pavlovskoe REE-coal deposit	V.V. Seredin data +1 other reference
Olginsky District ⓘ Shirokopadninskaya area	Казаченко et al. (2018)
Republic of Karelia Suojärvi District ⓘ Roikonkoski	Ivashchenko et al. (2008)
Sakhalin Oblast Kuril Islands Severo-Kurilsky District Paramushir Island ⓘ Ebeco Volcano (Ebeko Volcano)	Shevko et al. (2018)
Sayan Mountains ⓘ Il’chir ophiolite belt	Kiseleva et al. (2014)
ⓘ Sikhote-Alin Mountains	Volokhin et al. (2016)
Sverdlovsk Oblast Nizhnii Tagil ⓘ Nizhnetagilskii massif (Nizhne-Tagilskii)	Kozlov et al. (2011)
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug Priuralsky District ⓘ Centralnoye I deposit	Jan Pašava et al. (2011)
ⓘ Rai-Iz Ophiolite Massif	6th orogenic lherzolite conference 2014 ... +1 other reference

Slovakia
Banská Bystrica Region Poltár District ⓘ Ozdín	Maťo et al. (stredné Slovensko)

South Africa
Gauteng City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality Cullinan ⓘ Cullinan Mine	Petra Diamonds Ltd
Mpumalanga Ehlanzeni District Municipality Mbombela Local Municipality ⓘ Barberton	Cairncross et al. (1995)
North West Bojanala Platinum District Municipality Rustenburg Local Municipality Marikana ⓘ Marikana Mine	Aquarius Platinum
Rustenburg ⓘ Impala Platinum mines	www.implats.co.za (2011)

Sweden
Jämtland County Östersund ⓘ Brunflo meteorite	Nyström et al. (1991)

Turkey
Denizli Province ⓘ Elmaslar Chromite Deposit	Akbulut et al. (2010)

Ukraine
ⓘ Bilokorovitsky structure	Rappenglück (2022)
Ternopil Oblast Chortkiv Raion Ivane-Zolote ⓘ Dniester Group	Sungatullin et al. (2018)

USA
Alaska Matanuska-Susitna Borough Willow Creek Mining District ⓘ Moose Creek; Northwestern Prospect	- (2008)
California ⓘ San Diego County	San Diego Natural History Museum
Colorado Larimer County ⓘ State Line Kimberlite Mining District	Eckel et al. (1997)
Mississippi ⓘ Oktibbeha County	[var: Oktibbehite] Clark (1993)

The Moon
Mare Crisium ⓘ Luna 24 landing site	Andrei V. Mokhov & Pavel M. Kartashov ...
Oceanus Procellarum (Ocean of Storms) ⓘ Apollo 12 landing site	Frondell Judith W. (1978)

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