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Skutterudite

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Skutterudite

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Description
Locality: 
Manuel-Mercedes Open Pit, Cala, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

Very large skutterudite crystals in matrix from the famous quarry in Spain.

Beautiful old time specimen. It's hard to get that these days.

 

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