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Brandtite & Caryopilite

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Brandtite & Caryopilite

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Description
Locality: 
Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 4.5 × 3.6 cm
Description

Nice brandtite crystals and karyopilite on matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Brandtite

Formula: 
Ca2(Mn2+,Mg)(AsO4)2·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CG.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

Caryopilite

Formula: 
(Mn,Mg)3(Si2O5)(OH)4
Strunz: 
9.ED.15
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden