Mikael Frank's Photo Gallery
GDY-8HCFerriperbøeite-(Ce) CaCe3(Fe3+Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]3O(OH)2 , Cerite-(CeCa) (Ce7Ca2)◻Mg(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)3 , Tremolite ◻Ca2Mg5(Si8O22)(OH)2
Nya Bastnäs deposit, Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, SwedenDimensions: 20 mm x 10 mm x 5 mm
Largest Crystal Size: 500 μm
Weight: 10 g
Ferriperbøeite-(Ce), deep oily black crystals, surrounding light green tremolite.
Ferriperbøeite-(Ce) is purchased from Sönke Stolze and confirmed by EDAX.
910-23XFerriperbøeite-(Ce) CaCe3(Fe3+Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]3O(OH)2
Nya Bastnäs deposit, Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, SwedenDimensions: 10 mm x 5 mm x 5 mm
Field of View: 10 μm
Weight: 10 g
UW3-6QTGadolinite-(Nd) Nd2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2 , Fluorbritholite-(Ce) (Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3F , Västmanlandite-(Ce) CaCe3(MgAl2Mg)[Si2O7][SiO4]3F(OH)2 , Magnetite Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Malmkärra Mine, Norberg, Västmanland County, SwedenDimensions: 45 mm x 32 mm x 20 mm
Field of View: 40 mm
Weight: 25 g
Dark olive aggregates of Gadolinite-(Nd) (microprobe) together with red fluorbritholite-(Ce), minor brownish black västmanlandite-(Ce) and small grains of black magnetite.
1TC-AKQKimuraite-(Y) Ca(Y,Nd)2(CO3)4·6H2O
Holmtjärn, Stora Tuna, Borlänge, Dalarna County, SwedenDimensions: 25 mm x 40 mm
Field of View: 40 mm
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Locality: Holmtjärn mine, ST Tuna,Borlänge, Dalarna, Sweden
Silky white films of later formed Kimuraite-(Y) on yttrialite-(Y)
Field of view: 40mm.
Collected from the dump in 2014.
Veryfied: By XRD, 2014, The Swedish Museum of Natural History.
SEM-EDS, 2014 The Swedish Museum of Natural History.
3V2-3Q2Bastnäsite-(Ce) Ce(CO3)F , Dollaseite-(Ce) (CaCe)(MgAlMg)F[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Östanmossa mine, Röberg ore field, Norberg, Västmanland County, SwedenGreenyellow bastnäsite-(Ce) and brownish dollaseite-(Ce).
Field of view: 40mm.
Collected from the dump in 1997.
Veryfied: By XRD, 1997, The Swedish Museum of Natural History.
Electron probe microanalysis, 1995, Geological Survey of Finland.