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Abelsonite

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Description
Locality: 
Uintah Valley, Uintah County, Utah, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.1 × 0.7 × 0.2 cm
Description

Pale brown crystals of the extremely rare nickel mineral abelsonite from the type locality in Utah.

Abelsonite is a nickel porphyrine derivative, classified as deoxophylloerythroetioporphyrin, Ni(C31H32N4).

Unique combination of elements; the only organonickel mineral known !. Very unusual origin: formed at depth, likely from a chlorophyll.:

Mahogany Zone oil shale; found in six stratigraphical zones ( M9, M7, M2, L6, L0, and K1); its genesis is connected with unique geochemical conditions of Lake Uinta; likely formed due to chlorophyll diagenesis; abelsonite's relatively insoluble precursor was likely transported by an aqueous solution towards sediments of favorable lithology

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Abelsonite

Formula: 
Ni(C31H32N4)
Strunz: 
10.CA.20
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
pink
Type Locality: 
WOSCO Well, Green River formation, Uintah Co., Utah, USA

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