Nickelskutterudite

Formula: (Ni,Co,Fe)As3

Species: Sulfates

Colour: Tin white – silver grey

Lustre: Metallic

Hardness: 5½ – 6

Specific Gravity: 6.5

Crystal System: Isometric

Member of: Skutterudite Subgroup > Non-stoichiometric Perovskites Group > Perovskite Supergroup

Name: As the nickel member of skutterudite series. The nickel analogue of Ferroskutterudite and Skutterudite.

Type Locality: Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony – Germany