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Fluoborite & Norbergite

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RMM549003

Fluoborite & Norbergite

Fluorescent

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Description
Locality: 
Crystal Lake, Galway Township, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

This specimen contains greyish prisms of fluoborite, blebs of orange norbergite, and minor black graphite.

The norbergite fluoresces a dull orange and the fluoborite fluoresces a bright white in short-wave UV light.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fluoborite

Formula: 
Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3
Strunz: 
6.AB.50
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Tallgruvan, Kallmora, Norberg, Västmanland, Sweden

Norbergite

Formula: 
Mg3(SiO4)(F,OH)2
Strunz: 
9.AF.40
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Östanmossa mine, Röberg ore field, Norberg, Västmanland, Sweden

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