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Nickelskutterudite

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Nickelskutterudite

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Representative old time specimen of nickelskutterudite from Schneeberg, the type locality. The silver grey crystals are very lustrous and are formed by cube, octahedron and minor dodecahedral faces. They are implanted in a piece of matrix.

Acquired in 1968, it is from the stock of Georges Vanacker.

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

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