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Banalsite

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Banalsite

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Description
Locality: 
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.7 × 3.8 × 3.7 cm
Description

Gray banalsite with melanotekite and manganophyllite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Banalsite

Formula: 
BaNa2[Al2Si2O8]2
Strunz: 
9.FA.60
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
6.0
Colour: 
White
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Benallt Mine (Tyddyn Meirion mine; Ty Canol mine), Rhiw, Llanfaelrhys, Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd (Caernarvonshire), Wales, UK