Sjogruvite

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Colour:	Yellow; thin splinters ...
Name:	After the type locality, the Sjo Mine (Sjogruvan in Swedish).

Originally reported from Sjö Mine, Grythyttan, Hällefors, Västmanland, Sweden.

Classification of Sjogruvite
IMA status:	Discredited 1972
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Physical Properties of Sjogruvite
Colour:	Yellow; thin splinters are blood-red by transmitted light.
Comment:	Darkens upon exposure to air.
Streak:	Yellow
Crystallography of Sjogruvite
Morphology:	Massive.
Other Information
Other Information:	Magnetic. Readily soluble in cold HCl without the evolution of chlorine.
Health Warning:	No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
References for Sjogruvite
Reference List: - +	Igelström (1892) Geologiska Föeningens I Stockholm. Förhandlinger, Stockholm: 14: 309. Igelström (1893) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 22: 471. 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. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 845. GFF 94 (1972) 423 [discreditation]
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Localities for Sjogruvite
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(TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.

Sweden

Västmanland

Hällefors

Grythyttan

Sjögruvan Mine

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: 845.

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