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Improving Mindat.orgCobaltite on safflorite?
13th Jan 2016 18:40 UTCReiner Mielke Expert
13th Jan 2016 18:58 UTCRob Woodside 🌟 Manager
Reiner, do you want him to x-ray the safflorite?;-)
13th Jan 2016 19:16 UTCReiner Mielke Expert
14th Jan 2016 00:06 UTCRob Woodside 🌟 Manager
14th Jan 2016 00:53 UTCReiner Mielke Expert
14th Jan 2016 02:16 UTCRob Woodside 🌟 Manager
The tiny "yellow" bits don't seem brown enough to be niccolite on my monitor. How long does it take after etching for the chalco to tarnish blue? This maybe specious but chalco makes sense with arseno as the Fe is common to both.
There are not a lot if any star shaped twins in the "safflorite".
The squarish xls are certainly skutterudite.
14th Jan 2016 14:51 UTCReiner Mielke Expert
26th Jan 2016 23:48 UTCTony Peterson Expert
So I will alter the photo to have sk'ite instead of cobaltite; I will check the specimen under a scope to see if some arseno can be seen. Will that suffice?
Oh and, what is the white mineral in the image?
Tony
26th Jan 2016 23:51 UTCReiner Mielke Expert
27th Jan 2016 02:32 UTCTony Peterson Expert
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