pentlandite

certainty of origin : Transmitted by the person whom the mineral was dedicated.

author(s) : Dufrenoy

date of publication : 1856

source : Traite de Mineralogie 2e Ed.(2) p.549

formula : (Fe,Ni)9 S8

comments about the origin : 1) coll. generale No18 donne par Pentland en 1852 <Catalog number : 7578>
. 2) coll. Adam No4933("pentlandite") obtenu en 1872 par l'Ecole des mines ("fragments de l'echantillon donne par Pentland")

catalog number(s) : 7578

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This type specimen, kept in the Museum of Ecole des mines de Paris, has been indexed by Dr Guillemin.

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