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Lanthanite Törnebohmite & Brochantite

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Lanthanite Törnebohmite & Brochantite

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Description
Locality: 
Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.4 × 4.2 × 3.4 cm
Description

Very good specimen of colourless, radiating lanthanite, dark gray-greenish tornebohmite and blueish-green brochantite. Yellow mineral maybe haleniusite-(la). Type locality for haleniusite-(la) and tornebohmite-(ce).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lanthanite

Synonym Of: 

Lanthanite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Nd)2(CO3)3·8H2O
Strunz: 
5.CC.25
Hardness: 
2.5

Lanthanite-(La)

Formula: 
(La,Ce)2(CO3)3·8H2O
Strunz: 
5.CC.25
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Lanthanite-(Nd)

Formula: 
(Nd,La)2(CO3)3·8H2O
Strunz: 
5.CC.25
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0

Törnebohmite

Synonym Of: 

Törnebohmite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La)2Al(SiO4)2(OH)
Strunz: 
9.AG.45
Hardness: 
4.5

Törnebohmite-(La)

Formula: 
(La,Ce)2Al(SiO4)2(OH)
Strunz: 
9.AG.45
Hardness: 
4.5

Brochantite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6
Strunz: 
7.BB.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Mednorudyanskoye Cu Deposit, Nizhnii Tagil, Sverdlovskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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