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Berzeliite

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Berzeliite

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 5.9 × 3.6 cm
Description

Intense yellow berzeliite in manganophyllite from the type locality. 

 

References: 

[MinRec 19:295, 10:216-217]; Nysten, P., Holtstam, D. and Jonsson, E. (1999) The Långban minerals. In Långban - The mines,their minerals, geology and explorers (D. Holtstam and J. Langhof, eds.), Swedish Museum of Natural History and Raster Förlag, Stockholm & Chr. Weise Verlag, Munich, pp. 89-183.

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