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Danalite

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Description
Locality: 
Yxsjöberg Mine, Ljusnarsberg, Örebro County, Sweden
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 5 × 2.3 cm
Description

Massive red danalite from the Yxsjösberg, Dalarna county. Comes with a  copy of an old label dating to 1975.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Danalite

Formula: 
Fe2+4(Be3Si3O12)S
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Rockport, Essex Co., Massachusetts, USA