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Safflorite & Native Silver

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Safflorite & Native Silver

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Description
Locality: 
Castle Mine, Haultain Township, Gowganda, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 6 × 1.5 cm
Description

Rare safflorite micro-crystals on massive safflorite matrix. The gray metallic safflorite has overgrown and replaced silver crystals, some of which can be distinguished by its yellow metallic colour.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Silver

Formula: 
Ag
Strunz: 
1.AA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
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