Yxsjöberg Mine, Yxsjö ore field, Ljusnarsberg, Örebro County, Sweden

Single crystal of danalite, 18x10 mm

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Red Danalite on Green Hedenbergite matrix Size: 3 x 2,5 cm Collection and photo: Arliguie M

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Its crystallization is extraordinary. Partially doubly terminated, the crystal is formed by a prism and a dipyramide on the terminations, one of them incomplete. Faces and edges are very well defined. The locality is also uncommon.Yxsjöberg Mine, Yxsjö, Ljusnarsberg, Västmanland, Sweden.Specimen size: 3 x 1.8 x 2.1 cmWith handwritten label from ...

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Munich Show 2011/10/29: Danalite crystal on loan by Swedish Museum of Natural History for the European Treasures exhibition, pictured from below; trigonal pyramid of Genthelvite-series with an edge length of ca. 20 cm

A 2 cm crudely formed crystal. S409-116 Gunnar Farber specimen.

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7.2 cm. Black crystals of? in danalite matrix, from the collection of David J. Eicher. Gunnar Färber specimen.

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Scheelite (weak gray), Fluorite (yellowish) and dark green Hedenbergite from Yxsjöberg mine. Size appr 90x90x90 mm, coll and photo AÖ 2011.

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Grayish scheelite crystal in a matrix of brown-yellow fluorite, hedenbergite and some qz from the Yxsjöberg Mine. Size 15x15x20 mm, coll& photo AÖ 2011.

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Greyish scheelite, purple fluorite and quartz from the Yxsjöberg mine.

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massive danalite showing some faces of an xl In Coll. M. Slama Canon EOS 600D with Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x, stacked from 39 Images using Zerene Stacker (Dmap)

© Martin Slama

In coll. M. Slama Canon EOS 600D with Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x, stacked from 14 Images using Zerene Stacker (Dmap)

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Blue-white-fluorescing scheelite shown under SW UV light.

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Little pieces of scheelite in matrix. Unlike usual, the scheelite fluoresces yellow under both shortwave and midwave, probably due to a very high molybdenum content. Maybe powellite? Shortwave fluorescence.

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Dark red Danalite crystal fragments in unidentified matrix Acquired from Francis Coune at the Interminéral show in Liège, Belgium on 5 November 2022

Little pieces of scheelite in a grossular matrix. The scheelite fluoresces the typical bright blue under shortwave UV light, and yellow under midwave, probably due to a molybdenum content. Shortwave fluorescence.

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Deep reddish-brown massive danalite, possibly with pale helvite and hedenbergite. Old material, purchased from Richard Barstow in 1977.

© Andrew Hodgson

Deep red, tetrahedral danalite crystal in quartz.

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