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Chathamite

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Description
Locality: 
Vater Abraham Mine, Oberscheibe, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 1.7 × 1.5 cm
Description

A sample of chathamite, the Ni-bearing variety of löllingite with fluorite and calcite from Lauta.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chathamite

Variety Of: 

Löllingite

Formula: 
FeAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Hardness: 
0.0