Mineralpedia Details for Safflorite
Safflorite
- Formula
- (Co,Fe,Ni)As2
- Crystal System
- Orthorhombic
- Crystal Habit
- Radial, Massive - Granular
- Cleavage
- Imperfect, None, None
- Luster
- Metallic
- Color
- gray, dark gray, tin white
- Streak
- grayish black
- Class
- Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
- Fracture
- Brittle
- Hardness
- 4-5
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Safflorite from Alberoda, Schlema-Hartenstein dist., Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
An incredible specimen showing arborescent or skeletal growth patterns much like Silver. In fact, the crystals may have replaced Silver. There is a secondary growth of Pyrite and possible Skutterudite and minute Arsenopyrite.
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Safflorite from Cobalt Lode mine, Cobalt-Gowganda dist., Ontario, Canada
Silvery grey platy crystals in stalatitic like growths.
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