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Bergslagite

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Tennvatn, Sørfold, Nordland, Norway
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Formula:
CaBe[OH|AsO
 
4
]
System:MonoclinicColour:Colourless, white, grey, ...
Lustre:Vitreous, GreasyHardness:5
Name:For its occurrence at Långban, which is in the Bergslagen region of Sweden.
This page provides mineralogical data about Bergslagite.

Classification of Bergslagite

IMA status:Approved 1983
Strunz 8th edition ID:7/B.01-30
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:8.BA.10

8 : PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES
B : Phosphates, etc., with additional anions, without H2O
A : With small and medium-sized cations
Dana 8th edition ID:41.5.4.4

41 : ANHYDROUS PHOSPHATES, ETC.CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
5 : (AB)2(XO4)Zq
Hey's CIM Ref.:20.2.16

20 : Arsenates (also arsenates with phosphate, but without other anions)
2 : Arsenates of Be, Mg, Ca or Ba
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Type Occurrence of Bergslagite

Type Locality:Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden
Place of Conservation of Type Material:University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
National Museum of National History, Washington D.C., USA; 162582
Year of Discovery:1984

Physical Properties of Bergslagite

Lustre:Vitreous, Greasy
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Translucent
Colour:Colourless, white, grey, dark grey-brown, brownish black, green, pink
Hardness (Mohs):5
Fracture:Irregular/Uneven
Density (measured):3.4 g/cm3
Density (calculated):3.4 g/cm3

Crystallography of Bergslagite

Crystal System:Monoclinic
Class (H-M):2/m - Prismatic
Space Group:P21/b {P1 1 21/b} {P21/c} {P1 21/c 1} {P21/a}
Cell Parameters:a = 4.88Å, b = 7.8Å, c = 10.12Å
β = 90.16°
Ratio:a:b:c = 0.626 : 1 : 1.297
Unit Cell Volume:V 385.21 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:4
Morphology:elongated flattened crystals to 1 cm; crusts
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
3.200 (10)
3.519 (8)
4.879 (7)
3.905 (7)
3.046 (7)
2.917 (7)

Optical Data of Bergslagite

Type:Biaxial (-)
RI values: nα = 1.659 - 1.660 nβ = 1.678 - 1.681 nγ = 1.690 - 1.694
2V:Measured: 70° , Calculated: 74° to 78°
Maximum Birefringence:δ = 0.031 - 0.034

Chart shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness) and does not take into account mineral colouration.
Surface Relief:High
Dispersion:r >> v

Chemical Properties of Bergslagite

Formula:
CaBe[OH|AsO
 
4
]
Essential elements:As, Be, Ca, H, O
All elements listed in formula:As, Be, Ca, H, O
Common Impurities:Si

Relationship of Bergslagite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
8.BA.05Väyrynenite
Mn
2+
 
Be[(OH,F)|PO
 
4
]
8.BA.10Herderite
CaBe[(F,OH)|PO
 
4
]
8.BA.10Hydroxylherderite
CaBe[(OH,F)|PO
 
4
]
8.BA.15Babefphite
BaBe[(F,OH)|PO
 
4
]
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:

- +
20.2.1Bearsite
Be
 
2
[OH|AsO
 
4
] · 4H
 
2
O
20.2.2Brassite
MgHAsO
 
4
·4H
 
2
O
20.2.3Rösslerite
MgHAsO
 
4
·7H
 
2
O
20.2.4Hörnesite
Mg
 
3
(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
·8H
 
2
O
20.2.5Weilite
CaHAsO
 
4
20.2.6Johnbaumite
Ca
 
5
[OH|(AsO
 
4
)
 
3
]
20.2.7Haidingerite
Ca[HAsO
 
4
] · H
 
2
O
20.2.8Pharmacolite
CaHAsO
 
4
·2H
 
2
O
20.2.9Sainfeldite
Ca
 
5
(AsO
 
3
OH)
 
2
(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
·4H
 
2
O
20.2.10Vladimirite
Ca
 
5
[(HAsO
 
4
)
 
2
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 5H
 
2
O
20.2.11Guérinite
Ca
 
5
[(HAsO
 
4
)
 
2
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 9H
 
2
O
20.2.12Ferrarisite
Ca
 
5
[(HAsO
 
4
)
 
2
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 9H
 
2
O
20.2.13Rauenthalite
Ca
 
3
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 10H
 
2
O
20.2.14Phaunouxite
Ca
 
3
[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 11H
 
2
O
20.2.15Mcnearite
NaCa
 
5
[(HAsO
 
4
)
 
4
|AsO
 
4
] · 4H
 
2
O
20.2.17Adelite
CaMg[AsO
 
4
](OH)
20.2.18Talmessite
Ca
 
2
Mg[AsO
 
4
]
 
2
 · 2H
 
2
O
20.2.19Irhtemite
Ca
 
4
Mg[(HAsO
 
4
)
 
2
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 4H
 
2
O
20.2.20Camgasite
CaMg[OH|AsO
 
4
] · 5H
 
2
O
20.2.21Picropharmacolite
Ca
 
4
Mg[(HAsO
 
4
)
 
2
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
2
] · 11H
 
2
O
20.2.22Bariopharmacosiderite
BaFe
3+
4
[(OH)
 
5
|(AsO
 
4
)
 
3
] · 5H
 
2
O

Other Names for Bergslagite

Synonyms:
IMA1983-021
Other Languages:
German:Bergslagit
Russian:Бергслагит
Spanish:Bergslagita

Other Information

Fluorescence in UV light:SW-UV: pale shades of yellowish brown, greenish or bluish
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 Bergslagite

Reference List:Zeitschrift für Kristallographie: 160: 73-80.

Hansen, S., Fälth, L., Petersen, O. V. & Johnson, O. (1984): Bergslagite, a new mineral species from Långban, Sweden: Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte: 1984, 257-262. [Amer. Mineral. 70:436 (1985) (abstract)].

Hansen, S., Fälth, L., & Johnson, O. (1984b): Bergslagite, a mineral with tetrahedral berylloarsenate sheet anions: Zeitschrift für Kristallographie: 166, 73-80.[Amer. Mineral. 70:436 (1985) (abstract)].

Kolitsch, Uwe (1996): Mineralien-Welt: 7(5):45-46.

American Mineralogist: 74: 951.

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