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Skutterudite Var Smaltite

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Skutterudite Var Smaltite

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4.8 × 4 cm
Description

Old, Super Classic specimen of skutterudite (variety smaltite), from the Schneeberg District. It has two old numbers on it, one painted and one glued. According to the accompanying label it is an Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences (USA), where it was registered with the number 981.

Ex. A. Gelders specimen #066. 

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

Smaltite

Variety Of: 

Skutterudite

Formula: 
CoAs3-x
Strunz: 
2.EC.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Formula: 
(Co,Fe,Ni)As2
Hardness: 
0.0

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