Oregonite
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| caption = Oregonite, awaruite (dimensions: 11 mm x 4 mm x 5 mm)
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| strunz = 2.BB.05
| system = Hexagonal
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| references = [https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Oregonite Mineralienatlas][http://www.mindat.org/min-3015.html Oregonite on Mindat.org][http://webmineral.com/data/Oregonite.shtml Webmineral data]
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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.
Occurrence
{{also|Skouriotissa}}
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.
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