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Skutterudite & Native Bismuth

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Skutterudite & Native Bismuth

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Description
Locality: 
Mackenheim Quarry, Abtsteinach, Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 8.7 × 6 cm
Weight: 
758.00gr
Description

Gray metallic cubic skutterudite crystals on calcite matrix with finer grained crystal aggregates of native bismuth. If you look closr you can see some hints of iridescent hues on the bismuth. A very big and rich combination for Mackenheim.

All specimens from this locality are etched out of calcite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Skutterudite

Formula: 
CoAs3-x
Strunz: 
2.EC.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Skuterud Mines (Skutterud Mines; Modum Cobalt Mines), Modum, Buskerud, Norway

Bismuth

Formula: 
Bi
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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