Editing Pentlandite (section)

== Occurrence ==
Pentlandite is found within the lower margins of mineralized [[layered intrusion]]s, the best examples being the [[Bushveld igneous complex]], [[South Africa]], the [[Voiseys Bay|Voisey's Bay]] [[troctolite]] intrusive complex in [[Canada]], the [[Duluth gabbro]], in North America, and various other localities throughout the world. In these locations, pentlandite is considered an important nickel ore.

Pentlandite is also the dominant ore mineral occurring in [[Kambalda type komatiitic nickel ore deposits]], the prime example of which can be found in the [[Yilgarn craton]] of [[Western Australia]]. Similar deposits exist at Nkomati, [[Namibia]], in the [[Thompson Belt]], Canada, and a few examples from Brazil.

Pentlandite, but primarily chalcopyrite and [[Platinum group|PGEs]], are also obtained from the supergiant [[Norilsk]] nickel deposit, in trans-Siberian Russia.

The [[Sudbury Basin]] in [[Ontario]], Canada, is associated with a large [[meteorite]] impact crater. The pentlandite-chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite ore around the Sudbury Structure formed from sulfide melts that segregated from the melt sheet produced by the impact.