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Berzeliite - Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden (Type Locality) (#:MINS7484)

Berzeliite is an extremely rare sodium, calcium, magnesium arsenate and the famous Langban deposit is the Type Locality. Lustrous, rich-yellow berzeliite crystals richly cover the matrix of contrasting calcite with black Hausmannite in association.

Formula :
NaCa2(Mg,Mn2+)2[AsO4]3
System: cubic Hardness:4½-5 Rarity:rare
Strunz id:VII/A.8-30 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES and VANADATES
Name origin: Named by O. Kuhn in 1840 for Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist [August 20, 1779 Linköping, Sweden - August 7, 1848 Stockholm, Sweden], discoverer of Ce, Se, Si, Zr, Ti, and Th as well as elements he provided to his students for description. Devised the chemical symbols. Father of analytical chemistry.

Specimen weight:52 gr.
Crystal size:Up to 1 mm
Overall size: 50mm x 28 mm x 32 mm

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