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Blatterite

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Blatterite

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Description
Locality: 
Nordmark, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.6 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm
Description

Black metallic prismatic crystals of this extremely rare Sb-Mn borate mineral from the type locality in Nordmark. 

Only found in thre close localities in Sweden.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection specimen, from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
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Blatterite

Formula: 
(Mn2+,Mg)2(Mn3+,Sb3+,Fe3+)(BO3)O2
Strunz: 
6.AB.40
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Kitteln Mine, Nordmark (Nordmarksberg), Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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