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Clinosafflorite Köttigite & Safflorite

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Clinosafflorite Köttigite & Safflorite

Classic Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Jáchymov, Krušné Hory, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 3.2 × 2 cm
Description

Metallic Clinosafflorite associated with pink Kottigite and minor Safflorite and Skutterudite. Great samples from classic European locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Clinosafflorite

Formula: 
CoAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Colour: 
Tin-white
Type Locality: 
Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada

Köttigite

Formula: 
Zn3(AsO4)2·8H2O
Strunz: 
8.CE.40
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Prismatic crystals or crusts
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Daniel Mine (St. Daniel Mine), Neustädtel, 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