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Nickelskutterudite & Safflorite

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Nickelskutterudite & Safflorite

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Description
Locality: 
Nieder-Beerbach, Mühltal, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 3.8 × 2.5 cm
Description

Silvery metallic nickelskutterudite and metallic grey safflorite crystals on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nickelskutterudite

Formula: 
NiAs3-x
Strunz: 
2.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Safflorite

Formula: 
(Co,Ni,Fe)As2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany