Nickeline with Nickelskutterudite

Item Description

A showy, rich, specimen of lustrous and abundant, shimmering pink-gold colore Nickeline with minor silvery Nickelskutterudite crystals from the classic locality Schneeberg, Germany. Loaded with Nickeline, this very hefty piece is shot through with bright metallic, rose-gold Nickeline blebs and masses with minor whitish Quartz in the interstices with a couple of tiny vugs lined with micro Quartz crystals. As an added bonus are several areas around the periphery displaying silver-gray Nickelskutterudite as subhedral crystals and some are evident on the back of the piece as well. A great specimen from this classic German locale for these uncommon species! Rich, hefty, at 460 grams (over a pound!)