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Lanthanite-(La) & Wroewolfeite

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Lanthanite-(La) & Wroewolfeite

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Description
Locality: 
Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 1.5 × 0.6 cm
Description

Masses of the whiteish lanthanite-La and blueish wroewulfeite on a dark matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lanthanite-(La)

Formula: 
(La,Ce)2(CO3)3·8H2O
Strunz: 
5.CC.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden

Wroewolfeite

Formula: 
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O
Strunz: 
7.DD.10
Hardness: 
2.5
Type Locality: 
Manhan Mines (Loudville Mine; Southampton Lead Mine; Northampton Lead Mine), Easthampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts, USA