Formula: CoAs2
Origin of name: from German Safflor = safflower (used as a pigment)
Crystal system: orthorhombic
Crystal class: 2/m 2/m 2/m
Twinning:
Unit cell:
Colour: tin-white, tarnishes dark gray
Diaphaneity: opaque
Luster: metallic
Habit: crystals short to long prismatic, resemble arsenopyrite, massive, radial-fibrous
Hardness: 4.5 to 5
Specific gravity: 7.2
Cleavage: 1; {100} distinct
Tenacity:
Streak: grayish black
Synonyms/varieties:
Comments: dimorphous with clinosafflorite
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