# Oregonite

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| caption     = Oregonite, awaruite (dimensions: 11 mm x 4 mm x 5 mm)
| category    = [Sulfide minerals](/source/Sulfide_minerals)
| formula     = [Ni](/source/nickel)<sub>2</sub>[Fe](/source/iron)[As](/source/arsenic)<sub>2</sub>
| IMAsymbol   = Ore<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}</ref>
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| system      = Hexagonal <br/>Unknown space group
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| references  = <ref name=atlas>[https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Oregonite Mineralienatlas]</ref><ref name=Mindat>[http://www.mindat.org/min-3015.html Oregonite on Mindat.org]</ref><ref name=Webmin>[http://webmineral.com/data/Oregonite.shtml Webmineral data]</ref>
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'''Oregonite''', [Ni](/source/nickel)<sub>2</sub>[Fe](/source/iron)[As](/source/arsenic)<sub>2</sub> is a [nickel](/source/nickel) [iron](/source/iron) [arsenide mineral](/source/arsenide_mineral) first described from Josephine Creek, [Oregon](/source/Oregon), United States.

Oregonite crystallises in the [hexagonal crystal system](/source/hexagonal_crystal_system) and has a [Mohs hardness](/source/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](/source/millerite), [heazelwoodite](/source/heazelwoodite)) in a metamorphosed ultramafic; from the Skouriatissa mine, [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus), associated with [VMS](/source/Volcanogenic_massive_sulfide_ore_deposit) mineralisation; and from the [Kidd Mine](/source/Kidd_Mine), [Timmins, Ontario](/source/Timmins%2C_Ontario), Canada within [serpentinite](/source/serpentinite)-hosted [chromite](/source/chromite) deposits.

== References ==
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Category:Nickel minerals
Category:Iron(II) minerals
Category:Arsenide minerals
Category:Hexagonal minerals

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