This mineral was named from the German nickname for the ore miners called “kupfernickel’ (copper nickel); after Old Nick and his mischievous gnomes, because the ore seemed to contain copper but yielded none. It is, however, a minor ore of nickel.
This mineral was named from the German nickname for the ore miners called “kupfernickel’ (copper nickel); after Old Nick and his mischievous gnomes, because the ore seemed to contain copper but yielded none. It is, however, a minor ore of nickel.
Mineral Photos courtesy of R.Weller/Cochise College