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Jacobsite

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Jacobsite

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
8.3 × 8.2 × 5.5 cm
Weight: 
360.00gr
Description

Big heavy specimen featuring hundreds of black octahedral crystals of jacobsite in matrix from Långban.

Acquired in 1977, it is from the museum of Georges Vanacker*, specimen #IV/728.

*Vanackerite from Tsumeb was named after him.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Jacobsite

Formula: 
Mn2+Fe3+2O4
Strunz: 
4.BB.05
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Jakobsberg Mine, Nordmark (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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