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Skutterudite

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Skutterudite

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Description
Locality: 
Las Baritinas, Las Bombas, Chañaral, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 4 × 2 cm
Description

A rich specimen of skutterudite crystals to 1 mm covering all of matrix. Good lustrous, well defined crystals of this uncommon mineral.
Its appearance resembles the smaltite variety.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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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