Dienerite – a mystification

Author: Bayliss P.  

Publisher: Mineralogical Society

ISSN: 0026-461X

Source: Mineralogical Magazine, Vol.65, Iss.5, 2001-10, pp. : 685-687

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Abstract

The mineral name dienerite should be allowed to slip into obsolescence. Dienerite AsNi3-x is probably nickelskutterudite As3-xNi caused by a typographical error in the chemical analysis.