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Celsian & Melanotekite

EDS & Raman ver. specimen no. 2019-03-31-65

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5.5 × 3.5 cm
Description

EDS & Raman ver. specimen no. 2019-03-31-65 hosting colourless celsian and brown melanotekite (Raman and EDS conf; Fe>Mn). Analysis attached. 

Comes with an old label from 1973 (mentions banalsite, but turned out to be celsian). 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Celsian

Formula: 
BaAl2Si2O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jakobsberg Mine, Nordmark (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Melanotekite

Formula: 
Pb2Fe3+2(Si2O7)O2
Strunz: 
9.BE.80
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Celsian & Melanotekite
Analysis Report - only: Celsian & Melanotekite
Labels
Label Images - only: Celsian & Melanotekite