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Nickelskutterudite Nickeline Pyrite

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Nickelskutterudite Nickeline Pyrite

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Description
Locality: 
Manuel-Mercedes Open Pit, Cala, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.5 × 2.1 cm
Description

Bright silvery nickelskutterudite crystals with altered darker nickeline and golden pyrite.

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

Nickeline

Formula: 
NiAs
Strunz: 
2.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

Pyrite

Formula: 
FeS2
Strunz: 
2.EB.05a
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
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