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Nickelskutterudite & Safflorite

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Nickelskutterudite & Safflorite

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Description
Locality: 
Shaft 296, Alberoda, Schlema-Hartenstein, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.4 × 4.8 × 3.7 cm
Description

A rich and extremely metallic Nickel-skutterudite with crystals to 4-5mm completely covering the matrix in all sides associated with dull greyish safflorite crystals. Very three dimensional and much better in hand as the highly metallic lustre make it hard to photograph.

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

Safflorite

Formula: 
(Co,Ni,Fe)As2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
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