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Barylite from
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden

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Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
© Kjell Gatedal
Description
Type Locality:Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden is the type locality for Barylite
Comments:Often found in tilasite quartz veins(from the hyttsjö granite pegmatites???) Mostly overlooked as feldspar.
Colour:White
UV Fluorescence:Bluish, rarely orange to yellowish, but many shows no UW at all in SW
Quality of samples:not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 902; Kjell Gatedal; Geologiska Föeningens I Stockholm. Förhandlinger, Stockholm (1876) 3, 128; Nysten, P., Holtstam, D. and Jonsson, E. (1999) The Långban minerals. In Långban - The mines,their minerals, geology and explorers (D. Holtstam and J. Langhof, eds.), Swedish Museum of Natural History and Raster Förlag, Stockholm & Chr. Weise Verlag, Munich, pp. 89-183.
Associated minerals:
Associates:Hedyphane
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Barylite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
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