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Wöhlerite

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Wöhlerite

Collected 1976
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Skutesundskjær, Barkevik, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.5 × 7 × 5.5 cm
Description

Large yellow-brown grains of wöhlerite in pegmatite matrix.

Rare mineral from an older collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Wöhlerite

Formula: 
NaCa2(Zr,Nb)(Si2O7)(O,OH,F)2
Strunz: 
9.BE.17
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Løvøya (Løvø; Lövö; Lövöe), Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway