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Rammelsbergite & Nickelskutterudite

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Rammelsbergite & Nickelskutterudite

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Description
Locality: 
Daniel Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Very good and rich specimen of lustrous tanned metalic rammelsbergite crystals and silver metalic Nickelskutterudite crystals on top.

With red-metalic nickeline.

Ex Prof. Gösswein collection - collected around 1960 !

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