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Berzeliite & Diopside Var Schefferite

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Berzeliite & Diopside Var Schefferite

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.9 × 4.6 × 3.2 cm
Description

Yellow crystals of berzeliite with red-brown diopside crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Berzeliite

Formula: 
NaCa2(Mg,Mn2+)2(AsO4)3
Strunz: 
8.AC.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Streak: 
white

Schefferite

Variety Of: 

Diopside

Formula: 
CaMgSi2O6
Strunz: 
9.DA.15
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Formula: 
(Ca,Mn)(Mg,Fe,Mn)Si2O6
Hardness: 
0.0