Mineral description : Berzeliite

Berzeliite as a yellow aggregate. From Långban.

Mineral class	Phosphates : Wavellite - Lazulite group.
Chemical formula	(Ca,Na)3(Mg,Mn)2(AsO4)3
Crystal system	Cubic.
Habitus	Crystals rare. Often as grains or grainy aggregates.
Cleavage	None.
Hardness	4.5-5
Density	4.1
Color	Strongly yellow, sometimes yellowish brown to greenish. Transparent.
Streak	White, sometimes orange yellowish.
Luster
Description
Occurance	In scarn and fractures in metamorph limestone in manganeese ores.
Associates
Notes	Easily soluble in hydrocloric acid and nitric acid.
Locations	A rare mineral with some good localities in Sweden. Långban, Värmland. Easily found together with hausmannite, manganophyll and caryinite. Sjögruvan, Grythyttan. Mossgruvan, Nordmark.

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