Skutterudite, 2024


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Description

Sample of massive, dark gray, metallic, skutterudite, var. smaltite with much black biotite mica and red partial crystals of garnet. Metallic luster of the smaltite is difficult to observe due to the reflective nature of the biotite.


Subject

  • Geology
  • Mineralogy


Details

Contributor
Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839
Publisher
University of South Carolina. McKissick Museum.
Coverage
East Hampton (Chatham), Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States
Relations
Historic Southern Naturalists