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Formula: CoAs2
Arsenide,
löllingite group, monoclinic
paramorph of orthorhombic
safflorite, cobalt-bearing
mineral
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Specific gravity: 7.46 calculated
Hardness: 4½ to 5
Colour: Tin-white
Environments
Clinosafflorite occurs in hydrothermal cobalt-nickel
sulphide ores which are typically silver-bearing
(Webmin, HOM), associated
with skutterudite, cattierite,
cobaltite, siegenite,
bismuth, silver,
molybdenite, dolomite and
baryte
(HOM, Mindat).
Localities
At the type locality, the Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada, clinosafflorite occurs
in hydrothermal
cobalt-nickel-arsenic
veins
(Mindat).
At Bou Azzer, Morocco, clinosafflorite is widespread, and associated with
nickelskutterudite
(Minrec 38.5.366).
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