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Safflorite

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Safflorite

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Description
Locality: 
Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9.8 × 7.5 × 4 cm
Description

The specimen consists of massive safflorite inter grown with some light beige matrix (most likely siderite). In some areas safflorite developed micro-crystals (typically for the locality). It is a generally rare mineral. Safflorite is an uncommon cobalt iron arsenide and was only found at a fist full of localities and always low in number. 

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