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Skutterudite

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Description
Locality: 
Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.9 × 2.8 × 2.1 cm
Description

A fine, old-timed specimen features numerous of well developed and sharp, silvery crystals of Co-arsenide Skutterudite from the well known localty for the species,- Schneeberg in Saxony. The polymetallic ore deposite of Schneeberg was worked for silver and bismuth since the 15th century. During the times of the iron curtain there was a violent exploration for uranium. The mines are abandoned since decades.

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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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