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    Keweenawite is a discredited mineral species that was originally identified in 1901 in a mine in Keweenaw County, Michigan. It was initially described as containing copper, nickel, and cobalt. However, a re-analysis in 1971 found that the material was actually a mixture of other known mineral species, including domeykite, niccolite, and rammelsbergite, rather than a unique mineral. As such, keweenawite is no longer considered to be a valid mineral species.

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    Keweenawite is a discredited mineral species that was originally identified in 1901 in a mine in Keweenaw County, Michigan. It was initially described as containing copper, nickel, and cobalt. However, a re-analysis in 1971 found that the material was actually a mixture of other known mineral species, including domeykite, niccolite, and rammelsbergite, rather than a unique mineral. As such, keweenawite is no longer considered to be a valid mineral species.

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    Keweenawite is a discredited mineral species that was originally identified in 1901 in a mine in Keweenaw County, Michigan. It was initially described as containing copper, nickel, and cobalt. However, a re-analysis in 1971 found that the material was actually a mixture of other known mineral species, including domeykite, niccolite, and rammelsbergite, rather than a unique mineral. As such, keweenawite is no longer considered to be a valid mineral species.

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    Keweenawite is a discredited mineral species. It was described as


    an arsenide of copper, nickel, and cobalt containing 39% to 54% copper,
    9.7% to 20% nickel, and 0.9% cobalt.[1] Keweenawite was discovered in July
    1901, in the Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan. George A Koenig
    analyzed and named the copper ore.[2]

    History[edit]

    Keweenawite was first discovered, in July 1901, located on the fifth level of
    the Mohawk Mine between Shaft No. 1 and Shaft No. 2. Fred Smith, mine
    superintendent, sent specimens to George A Koenig for analysis. Dr. Koenig
    deemed it to be a new mineral species and named it Keweenawite, after its
    discovery locality, Keweenaw County. [3]

    However, a re-analysis of the material in 1971 found the keweenite to be a


    mixture of the copper and nickel arsenates: α-
    domeykite, niccolite and rammelsbergite.[4]

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