Crystallization of nickel fluoride hydrate from mixed pickle acid and the influence of Ni(II) on growth rate of beta-FeF3 center dot 3H(2)O have been studied. Iron and nickel crystallize into an unidentified Fe/Ni fluoride hydrate crystal having the overall mol ratio of Ni, Fe, and F equal to 1:2:8, which is in accordance with the number of fluoride ions needed to balance the positive charges of Ni and Fe. The most probable empirical formula of this material is (FeF3)(2)NiF2(H2O)(6-10). By seeded isothermal desupersaturation experiments, growth rate of beta-FeF3 center dot 3H(2)O crystals at 50 degrees C has been studied in a hydrofluoric acid and nitric acid solution containing Ni(II). It is found that the growth rate of beta-FeF3 center dot 3H(2)O is essentially uninfluenced by the presence of 4 g/kg Ni(II). (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.