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Humite Subgroup from
Stålbo, Hedemora, Dalarna County, Sweden


Classification
Species:'Humite Subgroup' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:n[Mg2(SiO4)] · Mg(OH,F)2 with n = 1, 2, 3, or 4
Comments:Mineral originally added as humite, but without any reference or information on how the mineral was identified. The entry is therefore re-classified as the polysomatic humite series ( i.e one of more of the minerals humite, norbergite, clinohumite or chondrodite)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Humite Subgroup data
Locality Data:Click here to view Stålbo, Hedemora, Dalarna County, Sweden
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:908234
Long-form Identifier:1:3:908234:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Humite Subgroup
1.4km (0.9 miles) ⓘRyllshyttan, Hedemora, Dalarna County, Sweden
26.2km (16.3 miles) ⓘÅs mine, Getback ore field, Norberg, Västmanland County, Sweden
40.1km (24.9 miles) ⓘKapten mine, Årsunda, Sandviken, Gävleborg County, Sweden
60.1km (37.4 miles) ⓘVintjärn mines, Svärdsjö, Falun, Dalarna County, Sweden
References
Re-classification of unreferenced data
 
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