Tags: Chemical Substance, Mineral.
Gaspeite a very rare nickel carbonate mineral with the formula (NiFeMg)CO3 is named for the place it was first described in the Gaspé Peninsula Québec Canada. Gaspeite is the nickel rich member of the calcite group. A solid solution series exists between all members of this group with divalent cations readily exchanged within the common crystal structure. It forms massive to reniform pappillary aggregates in fractures bottryoidal concretions in laterite or fracture infill.
