Skutterudite

  
Skutterudite with löllingite
  
Ex. John Barlow collection
Origin: Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas Mts, Morocco
Sample size: 5 x 8 x 2.5 cm (top), 18 x 21 x 17 mm (2nd/bottom row)
 
  
Origin: Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Sample size: 6.4 x 4.3 x 7.7 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Dan Weinrich

Dealer in fine mineral specimens

 

  
 
  
  
Ex. Ed Ruggiero collection
Origin: Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas Mtns., Morocco
Sample size: 6.7 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm (top/2nd row), 3.6 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm (3rd/bottom row)
 
  
Variety chloanthite, nickel-rich skutterudite
Origin: Schlema, Saxony, Germany
Sample size: 6.1 x 5.6 x 2.4 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Rob Lavinsky

The Arkenstone

 

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