Nickelskutterudite
Mineral NiAs3
Also called Chloanthite
Take care.
- Contains arsenic: Wash your hands after handling it, don't make dust, and never heat it.
About it
The nickel end of the skutterudite series, tin-white and often coated by green annabergite. Found in the Schneeberg district of Saxony and at Bou Azzer, Morocco.
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Arsenide, skutterudite group
- Formula
- NiAs3
- Hardness (Mohs)
- 5.5–6
- Specific gravity
- 6.4–6.6
- Streak
- greyish black
- Lustre
- metallic
- Crystal system
- Isometric (cubic)
- Colours
- tin white, steel grey
- Transparency
- opaque
- Cleavage and fracture
- distinct; conchoidal fracture
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.