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Skutterudite

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Skutterudite

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Description
Locality: 
Richelsdorf District, Wildeck, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
13.3 × 8 × 3 cm
Weight: 
541.00gr
Description

Large massive skutterudite specimen, here and there could be small crystals, often under the white baryte, see the pictures. The green bloom is annabergite and the violet crust erythrite,

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