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Rammelsbergite & Nickelskutterudite

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Rammelsbergite & Nickelskutterudite

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Description
Locality: 
Marx-Semmler Adit, Niederschlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 5 × 1.8 cm
Description

A mass of grey metallic rammelsbergite with a faint pinkish-red hue, partly covered with some small lustrous nickelskutterudite crystals. A very fine ore-sample from Niederschlema.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rammelsbergite

Formula: 
NiAs2
Strunz: 
2.EB.15a
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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
Cartils Minerals

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