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Turneaureite

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Turneaureite

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Description
Locality: 
Garpenberg Norra Mine, Garpenberg, Hedemora, Dalarna County, Sweden
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm
Description

Masses of colourless turneaureite, yellow under short-wave UV, with calcite (red under short-ware UV). 

References:

Kjell Gatedal

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Turneaureite

Formula: 
Ca5(AsO4)3Cl
Strunz: 
8.BN.05
Hardness: 
5.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden