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Name: Skutterudite
Skt
IMA Chemistry: CoAs3
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Skutterudite contains elements:
Cobalt (Co)
Arsenic (As)
Country of Type Locality: Norway
Year First Published: 1845
IMA Status: Approved,Grandfathered
Status Notes: Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. XIII. Ordnung. Kiese III. Kobaltkies. Skutterudit. in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie, Bei Braumüller and Seidel (Wien) 559-562 Chemical formula revised from CoAs_3-x_ to CoAs_3_: Schumer B N, Andrade M B, Evans S H, Downs R T (2017) A new formula and crystal structure for nickelskutterudite, (Ni,Co,Fe)As_3_, and occupancy of the icosahedral cation site in the skutterudite group. American Mineralogist 102, 205-209
Structural Group Name: Perovskite, Skutterudite
Fleischer's Group Name: skutterudite
Crystal Systems: cubic
Oldest Known Age: 4000 Million Years Ago
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