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Mindat Short Description

Löllingite Group.

"Chemical analyses of various natural and synthetic samples reveal that Pnnm safflorite always contains some amounts of Fe and Ni, whereas materials with 80–100% (mole) CoAs2 crystallize in monoclinic P21/c symmetry [= clinosafflor...

Geoscience Ontology Status Notes

Breithaupt A (1835) Ueber das verhältniss der formen zu den mischungen krystallisirter körper, Journal für Praktische Chemie 4, 249-271

IMA Formula (from Mindat)

CoAs₂

RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)

(Co²⁺,Fe²⁺,Ni²⁺)As₂

Additional References

• http://www.handbookofmineralogy.com/pdfs/safflorite.pdf

• http://www.webmineral.com/data/Safflorite.shtml