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Spherocobaltite On Skutterudite

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Spherocobaltite On Skutterudite

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Description
Locality: 
Taghouni Mine, Taghouni, Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 6.3 × 6 cm
Description

Magenta red lenticular crystals of spherocobaltite richly covering a matrix of microcrystalline skuttérudite and transparent quartz crystals. The rear side is also partially covered by spherocobaltite.

From my own collection, I bought it from miners in Taghouni the same day it was found, september 8th 2009. Furthermore Taghouni is not so well known but the spherocobaltite but very good crystals have been found there.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Spherocobaltite

Formula: 
CoCO3
Strunz: 
5.AB.05
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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

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