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Enstatite Melanotekite & Cymrite

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LBB141064

Enstatite Melanotekite & Cymrite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 4 × 2 cm
Description

A cluster with mangano estatite,melanotektite and cymrite from Sweden - 40 gr. It is orange red in uv-light.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Enstatite

Formula: 
MgSiO3
Group Parent: 
Orthopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0

Melanotekite

Formula: 
Pb2Fe3+2(Si2O7)O2
Strunz: 
9.BE.80
Hardness: 
6.5
Type Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Cymrite

Formula: 
BaAl2Si2(O,OH)8·H2O
Strunz: 
9.EG.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Benallt Mine (Tyddyn Meirion mine; Ty Canol mine), Rhiw, Llanfaelrhys, Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd (Caernarvonshire), Wales, UK
Lennart Borg

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