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Safflorite & Arsenolite & Skutterudite

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Safflorite & Arsenolite & Skutterudite

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Description
Locality: 
Schmiedestollen, Wittichen, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 1.8 × 1.4 cm
Description

Safflorite with arsenolite and skutterudite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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

Arsenolite

Formula: 
As2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.50
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
1.5
Type Locality: 
St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower 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