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Reevesite

Year of discovery: 1967 (Wolfe Creek meteorite crater, Australia), 1989 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of reevesite

• Ni₆Fe₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆,4H₂O
• [Ni²⁺₆][Fe³⁺₂][(OH)₁₆|CO₃]^18-,4H₂O

• Class: Hydrotalcite group < Hydrotalcite supergroup
• Class: Carbonate - Hydroxide - Hydrate

• Ni => Mg: Sjögrenite (Sjogrenite), Pyroaurite

• Fe => Co: Comblainite
• Fe => Al: Takovite

• Color: Yellow, Yellowish green
• Luster: Pearly
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• Hardness: 2
• Density: 2.8

• System: Trigonal
• Group: (-3)m, R(-3)m
• Lattice: a=6.2, c=45.5