Hellyerite, NiCO3·6H2O, is an hydrated
nickel carbonate mineral. It is light blue to bright green in colour, has a hardness of 2.5, a vitreous luster, a white streak and crystallises in the
monoclinic system. The crystal habit is as platy and mammillary encrustations on its matrix. The environment of formation, associated only with
metamorphosed ultramafic rocks, is diagnostic compared with
gaspeite, another nickel carbonate which is associated with
supergene weathering of nickel sulfides.
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