Metallic white crystal aggregates of the extremely rare mineral dienerite associated to also extremely rare Pd bismuthide mineral sobolevskite from the famous Norilsk deposit (Oktyabrsky Mine, Talnakh, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russian Federation) in a completely analyzed specimen by SEM/EDS. Dienerite is all the white metallic areas marked with an arrow. Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium. — Photo: David Hospital · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dienerite
Dienerite is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the sulfide class, with the chemical formula Ni₃As.
It is a member of the Domeykite structural group.
Key properties: Bright metallic. R: n.d luster.
IMA symbol Dne, IMA status: approved, named in 1921.
Known only from one loose single crystal.
The mineral was named to honor Professor Karl Diener (1862–1928), Austrian paleontologist, the discoverer.