Mineral description : Safflorite

Mineral class	Sulphides : Nickeline cobaltine skutterudite group
Chemical formula	(Co,Fe)As2
Crystal system	Orthorombic
Habitus	Crystals are small tabular and often twinned. Usually massive, granular and radial.
Cleavage	[010] Imperfect, conchoidal fracture.
Hardness	4.5 - 5
Density	6.9 - 7.3
Color	Tin white to steel gray, opaque.
Streak	Black.
Luster	Metallic.
Description
Occurance
Associates	Arsenic, erythrite, calcite.
Notes	I found two references to type locality, have to check it later!!! Type locality : Nordmark, Värmland, Sweden. Type locality : Schneeberg, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (?) Forms a substitution serie with Rammelsbergite (more nickel) and Loellingite (more iron).
Localities	A rare mineral in Sweden Tunaberg, Södermanland. Massive. Nordmark, värmland. As small crystals. Also found in small quantities in the Skellefteå mining field. (Adak, Boliden, Lainijaur, Laver, Lindström)

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