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Nickelskutterudite Nickeline & Rammelsbergite

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Nickelskutterudite Nickeline & Rammelsbergite

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Description
Locality: 
Schlema-Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 2.6 × 1.5 cm
Description

A good crystallized specimen of lustrous nickelskutterudite (previously known as “chloanthite”), from a classic district of Schlema (Saxony). The matrix is form by brownish-pink botryoidal masses of nickeline, covered by a thin crust of probably rammelsbergite just between the nickelskutterudite crystals

Ex A. Gelders specimen, #212.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nickelskutterudite

Formula: 
NiAs3-x
Strunz: 
2.EC.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

Nickeline

Formula: 
NiAs
Strunz: 
2.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Rammelsbergite

Formula: 
NiAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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