Caryinite with "schefferite"
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Caryinite with "schefferite"
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- Availability
- Sold
- Size
- 6 x 3.5 x 4 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Formula
- (Na,Pb)(Ca,Na)CaMn2+2(AsO4)3 (RRUFF)
- Locality
- Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
- Tagged
- arsenate
Deep very compact reddish brown rich mass (white arrow) with bright orange diopside called "schefferite" at the yellow arrow. It's only found in three worldwide localities and falls within the alluaudite group, a large group of mostly sodium arseantes and phosphates.
Type Locality
Caryinite
- Formula
- (Na,Pb)(Ca,Na)CaMn2+2(AsO4)3
- Crystal System
- Monoclinic
- Crystal Habit
- Cleaveable, Massive - Granular
- Cleavage
- Distinct, Distinct, None
- Luster
- Greasy (Oily)
- Color
- brown, yellow brown
- Streak
- light brown
- Class
- Monoclinic - Prismatic
- Fracture
- Brittle - Uneven
- Hardness
- 4
Data courtesy of Webmineral.
- Collection
- Phillips Collection
- Special Info
- Type Locality
- Mineralpedia
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- On Dakota Matrix
- Previously Sold Caryinite
- On Dakota Matrix
- Other Available Caryinite
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