page_title: Breithauptite
hierarchical_section_title: Breithauptite
caption_attribution_description: English: Breithauptite Locality: Samson Mine, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz Mts, Lower Saxony, Germany (Locality at mindat.org) Breithauptite on Calcite. Field of view 17mm. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs. Deutsch: Breithauptit Fundort: Samson Mine, St Andreasberg, Landkreis St Andreasberg, Harz Mts, Niedersachsen, Deutschland (Fundort bei mindat.org)
context_page_description: Breithauptite is a nickel antimonide mineral with the simple formula NiSb. Breithauptite is a metallic opaque copper-red mineral crystallizing in the hexagonal - dihexagonal dipyramidal crystal system. It is typically massive to reniform in habit, but is observed as tabular crystals. It has a Mohs hardness of 3.5 to 4 and a specific gravity of 8.23.
  It occurs in hydrothermal calcite veins associated with cobalt–nickel–silver ores.
  It was first described in 1840 from the Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany and in 1845 for occurrences in the Cobalt and Thunder Bay districts of Ontario, Canada. It was named to honor Saxon mineralogist Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt.
context_section_description: Breithauptite is a nickel antimonide mineral with the simple formula NiSb. Breithauptite is a metallic opaque copper-red mineral crystallizing in the hexagonal - dihexagonal dipyramidal crystal system. It is typically massive to reniform in habit, but is observed as tabular crystals. It has a Mohs hardness of 3.5 to 4 and a specific gravity of 8.23.
  It occurs in hydrothermal calcite veins associated with cobalt–nickel–silver ores.
  It was first described in 1840 from the Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany and in 1845 for occurrences in the Cobalt and Thunder Bay districts of Ontario, Canada. It was named to honor Saxon mineralogist Johann Friedrich August Breithaupt (1791–1873).
caption: Breithauptite on calcite from the Samson Mine, St Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany (Field of view 17 mm)
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