How do I identify Maucherite?

Maucherite can be identified by its hardness of 5 on the Mohs scale, reddish silver-white color. Look for these key characteristics when examining specimens.

What color is Maucherite?

Maucherite typically appears in reddish silver-white, turning darker reddish grey on exposure to air. Color can vary depending on impurities and formation conditions.

How hard is Maucherite?

Maucherite has a hardness of 5 on the Mohs scale. This gives it moderate hardness.

How to Identify Maucherite | Properties, Meaning & Uses

What is Maucherite?

Maucherite is a grey to reddish silver white nickel arsenide mineral. It crystallizes in the tetragonal crystal system. It occurs in hydrothermal veins alongside other nickel arsenide and sulfide minerals. It is metallic and opaque with a hardness of 5 and a specific gravity of 7.83. It is also known as placodine and Temiskamite. The unit cell is of symmetry group P41212 or P43212. It has the chemical formula: Ni11As8 and commonly contains copper, iron, cobalt, antimony, and sulfur as impurities. It was discovered in 1913 in Eisleben, Germany and was named after Wilhelm Maucher (1879–1930), a German mineral collector.

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