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Safflorite with Rammelbergite

#61320

Safflorite with Rammelbergite

#61320
Availability
Sold
Size
6 x 4.5 x 2 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Formula
(Co,Fe,Ni)As2 (RRUFF)
Locality
Grube Maischacht., Klingenthal, Saxony, Germany
Tagged
ore mineral , sulfide

Exceptional specimen of rare nickel sulfides showing the arborescent growth of several minerals overgrowing the next. I cannot tell which is which. There is also Bismuth in the mix. Remarkably similar to Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. The backside is rough.

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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