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Native Bismuth With Skutterudite

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Native Bismuth With Skutterudite

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Description
Locality: 
Mackenheim Quarry, Abtsteinach, Bergstraße, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.4 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

Very nice sample of very nice rather large bismuth crystals up to 3 mm with micro-crystalline skutterudite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bismuth

Formula: 
Bi
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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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