Owensite

Owensite is a mineral discovered in the Wellgreen Cu-Ni-Pt-Pd deposit, Yukon, with the formula (Ba, Pb)₆(Cu, Fe, Ni)₂₅S₂₇. The mineral is related to djerfisherite, but lacks the Cl and monovalent metals found in the latter.

Name

Owensite was named in 1994 in recognition of DeAlton R. Owens, a mineralogist at the Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology.

See also

• List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association (O)

References