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Skutterudite With Linnaeite

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Skutterudite With Linnaeite

Former collection Christian Mavris
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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 3 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Weight: 
16.00gr
Description

Fresh, textbook metallic skutterudite with mirror lustre, associated to grey flaky linnaeite. Matrix specimen of very high quality, with minimal peripheral contacts.

An over 40 years old specimen. hard to get ahold of.

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

Linnaeite

Formula: 
Co2+Co3+2S4
Strunz: 
2.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden

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