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Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada 5.7 x 5.5 x 1.1 cm. Smaltite is the arsenic-deficient variety of skutterudite and is quite uncommon worldwide and is rare in display-quality specimens. This is a very rich, sculptural and aesthetic specimen of bubbly/botryoidal, very sparkly, silvery-bright smaltite microcrystals on a very thin sheet of native leaf silver. Exceptionally rich ore ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 266164 View Count: 8 |
Skutterudite (Var: Smaltite) : (Co,Fe,Ni)As2 | |
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Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada Sample massive with 4,5x2,5x2cm - December of 1992 |
| © Martins da Pedra | Photo ID: 74578 View Count: 304 |
Skutterudite (Var: Smaltite) : (Co,Fe,Ni)As2 | |
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Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada A 3.5 by 3.0 cms silver mass with a thin vein of native Silver and Acanthite. JSS specimen and photograph. |
| © JSS | Photo ID: 106762 View Count: 208 |
Skutterudite (Var: Smaltite) : (Co,Fe,Ni)As2 | |
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Hesse, Germany A rich specimen of skutterudite crystals to 3 mm covering one side of matrix. Good lustrous, well defined crystals of this uncommon mineral. Ex. D'Agostino collection. Overall size of mineral specimen: 5.5x4x3 cm. Size of individual crystals: 1-3 mm. |
| © 2000 John H. Betts | Photo ID: 249 View Count: 1177 |
Skutterudite (Var: Smaltite) : (Co,Fe,Ni)As2 | |
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Hesse, Germany A rich specimen of skutterudite crystals to 3 mm covering one side of matrix. Good lustrous, well defined crystals of this uncommon mineral. Ex. D'Agostino collection. Overall size of mineral specimen: 5.5x4x3 cm. Size of individual crystals: 1-3 mm. |
| © 2000 John H. Betts | Photo ID: 250 View Count: 632 |
Skutterudite (Var: Smaltite) : (Co,Fe,Ni)As2 | |
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Richelsdorf District, North Hesse, Hesse, Germany 10.9 X 7.5 X 4.0 cm. A very old specimen featuring huge 1-inch crystals rising from a massive matrix, accented by calcite at the base. Ex. Rice Northwest Museum Collection. |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 177943 View Count: 125 |
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Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 6.0 x 4.2 x 4.2 cm. This is a mesmerizing specimen that is so unlike most smaltite that we see from Germany or Morocco. Smaltite is the arsenic deficient variety of Skutterudite, now stripped of its species name. Its habit is so radically different from the "classical" style of lumpy crystals on a massive ore, with no contrast. Instead, we have ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 169970 View Count: 159 |
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Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Lustrous smaltite crystals up to 3 mm length. See second image. |
| © Christian Bracke | Photo ID: 198297 View Count: 109 |
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Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany 5.4 x 3.6 x 3.6 cm. A solid mass of very heavy, metallic ore is host for sharp crystals of smaltite, the cobalt-rich variety of skutterudite. Classic old material. This is a fine piece with crystals to 4mm including a sharp cube, atop. I have chosen not to clean this piece of its accumulated patina. Note the attractive wavy growths of native ... |
| © Rob Lavinsky | Photo ID: 249686 View Count: 18 |
Skutterudite (Var: Smaltite) : (Co,Fe,Ni)As2 | |
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Punta Corna - Torre di Ovarda Mines, Usseglio, Viù Valley, Lanzo Valley, Sesia-Lanzo zone, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy Dark grey crystals of smaltite on siderite matrix, from Punta Corna mine. Self collected 2003. Photo and collection Giovanni Fraccaro. |
| © GiovanniFraccaro | Photo ID: 44199 View Count: 439 |
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