How do I identify Oregonite?

Oregonite can be identified by its hardness of 5 on the Mohs scale, White color. Look for these key characteristics when examining specimens.

What color is Oregonite?

Oregonite typically appears in White. Color can vary depending on impurities and formation conditions.

How hard is Oregonite?

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

Oregonite

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What is Oregonite?

Oregonite, Ni2FeAs2 is a nickel iron arsenide mineral first described from Josephine Creek, Oregon, United States. Oregonite crystallises in the hexagonal crystal system and has a Mohs hardness of 5.

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Oregonite Localities Map

See where Oregonite is found with a localities map, collecting zones, and geology context. Generate a sample map preview below.

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Key Characteristics

Formation of Oregonite

Oregonite is known, apart from its type locality, from the Chirnaisky Massif, Russia, associated with hydrothermal nickel minerals (millerite, heazelwoodite) in a metamorphosed ultramafic; from the Skouriatissa mine, Cyprus, associated with VMS mineralisation; and from the Kidd Mine, Timmins, Ontario, Canada within serpentinite-hosted chromite deposits.