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Named for Anthony J. Nikischer, the American mineralogist and mineral dealer who was the first to analyze the mineral. Appears as green, dull to greasy micaceous tablets, and in aggregates. Found only at the type locality at the Huanuni mine in the Oruro Department of Bolivia in association of pyrite and siderite.

Ref. Minerals and their Localities, Bernard, J.H. and Hyršl, J. (2004)

IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (2009) and Mineralogical Record 34 (2003), 155

Named after William H. Nisson who was an amateur mineralogist, mineral collector and dealer from California, USA and first made note of the mineral. Nissonite is a very rare mineral found only in the United States and Australia. It occurs in the US in copper deposits and in Australia in sedimentary iron deposits.

Ref. Handbook of Mineralogy, Anthony et al (1995) and MSA at http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/nissonite.pdf

Named after geologist William Noel Benson. Found at the type locality in the Woods mine in New South Wales, Australia as a replacement for namansilite and pecolite. Additional localities include in the Cherchiara mine in Luguria, Italy, and in the Sanbagawa belt on Shikoku Island, and Shimoharai mine in the Kyushu region of Japan. Noelbensonite appears as dark brown aggregates of blocky to lamellar crystals, and as monomineral veinlets.

Ref. Minerals and their Localities, Bernard, J.H. and Hyršl, J. (2004)

IMA/CNMNC List of Mineral Names (2009) and Mineralogical Magazine 60 (1996), 369