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Bismuth In Skutterudite

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Bismuth In Skutterudite

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Description
Locality: 
Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.4 × 1.8 cm
Weight: 
63.00gr
Description

Old specimen with bright silver-white crystals of bismuth in a matrix of dull grey skutterudite that is partially altered at the rear to pink erythrite. Skutterudite is a very rare species in Jáchymov.

Ex Rik Dillen specimen.

Combine specimens to reduce shipping costs!.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismuth

Formula: 
Bi
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
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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