Vaesite (Ni S 2) is a mineral found together with cattierite in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is named after Johannes F. Vaes, a Belgian mineralogist. [3] It is part of the pyrite group. [2]
Vaesite (NiS2) is a mineral found together with cattierite in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is named after Johannes F. Vaes, a Belgian mineralogist. It is part of the pyrite group.
Name Origin: Named for Johannes Vaes, mineralogist for the Union Miniere du Haut Katanga. Name Pronunciation: Vaesite. Synonym: ICSD 79671. PDF Nov-99. Vaesite Image. Images: …
Vaesite is the nickel equivalent of pyrite. It is a rare sulfide forming a series with cattierite , its cobalt equivalent, which is found in nickel hydrothermal mineralizations. It frequently contains …
Partially fragmented aggregates of veasite/pyrite zonal structure (grey/pale yellow), in association with nickeline (pink), in calcite matrix (almost black). The nickeline fragment is …
Association: Arsenic-deficient nickel-skutterudite, pyrite, polydymite, uraninite. Distribution: From the Kasompi mine, 70 km west-southwest of Kambove [TL], and at Shinkolobwe, Katanga …
This mineral is tentatively called vaesite. The lattice constants for the natural end members of the series in angstroms are pyrite 5.40667 ± .00007, vaesite 5.66787± .00008, and cattierite …
Johannes Franciscus Vaes (1902–1978) was a Belgian mineralogist and geologist associated with the Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, in Belgian Congo, now the Democratic Republic of …