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Pyroaurite

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Pyroaurite

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.6 × 2.2 cm
Description

Tiny paly bluegreen pyroaurite crystals on matrix from the very famous mine in Sweden.

Ex Armin Wendland collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Pyroaurite

Formula: 
Mg6Fe3+2(OH)16[CO3]·4H2O
Strunz: 
5.DA.50
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden