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/vʌɪəˈlɑːrʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A rare isometric sulphide of nickel and iron, Ni2FeS4, occurring in massive form with a violet-grey colour and a metallic lustre.
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1924 Lindgren & Davy in Econ. Geol. XIX. 318 It has been shown that the ‘polydymite’ from Vermilion, Ontario and Key West, Nevada, is not identical with polydymite... It might conveniently be designated as violarite.
1981 Process Mineralogy (Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers) 226 The close association of smythite with pentlandite indicates that its nickel content is derived from nickel liberated during the alteration of pentlandite to violarite.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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