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Native Bismuth Skutterudite & Quartz Var Hornstein

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Native Bismuth Skutterudite & Quartz Var Hornstein

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5 × 8 × 2 cm
Description

A sliced and polished sample of dendritic herringbone native bismuth and skutterudite in a brown matrix of qurtz var Hornstein. Classic material, see also reports on lapis mineral magazine issue Schneeberg.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismuth

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

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

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White

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Marco Drechsel

SPK Mittelsachsen

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