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Nickeline & Nickelskutterudite

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Nickeline & Nickelskutterudite

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Description
Locality: 
Schnepfenbusch Mine, Bauhaus, Nentershausen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
9 × 8 × 3 cm
Description

This is a massive Nickeline ore with Chloanthite and Baryte from Schnepfenbusch mine.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nickeline

Formula: 
NiAs
Strunz: 
2.CC.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5

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