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Sahlinite & Margarosanite

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Sahlinite & Margarosanite

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 2.5 × 1 cm
Description

Margarosanite, blue under short-wave UV and yellowish sahlinite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Sahlinite

Formula: 
Pb14(AsO4)2O9Cl4
Strunz: 
8.BO.20
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Margarosanite

Formula: 
Pb(Ca,Mn2+)2(Si3O9)
Strunz: 
9.CA.25
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Parker Mine (Parker shaft), Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA