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Cerite-(Ce) & Cobaltkieserite

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Cerite-(Ce) & Cobaltkieserite

ex Americo Urbinati collection
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

pinkish cerite ce with purple cobaltkeiserite and green aegirine

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cerite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,Ca)9(Mg,Fe)(SiO4)3(HSiO4)4(OH)3
Strunz: 
9.AG.20
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
St Görans Mine, Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden

Cobaltkieserite

Formula: 
CoSO4·H2O
Strunz: 
7.CB.05
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Colour: 
Pink
Type Locality: 
Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden