| Locality type: | Quarry |
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| Species: | Wollastonite |
| Formula: | Ca3(Si3O9) |
| Habit: | Fibrous |
| Colour: | White |
| Luminescent properties: | Yellow-orange (SW) |
| Quality for species: | Poor for species, only of interest for locality collectors. (#) |
| Abundance at site: | Extremely Rare |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Wollastonite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Hasselhöjden, Grythyttan, Hällefors, Örebro County, Sweden |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 75408 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:75408:6 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | 7610eeeb-7a33-4b39-a177-88acabd9da13 |
| Nearest other occurrences of Wollastonite |
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| 9.7km (6.0 miles) | ⓘSvartsång ore field, Kroppa, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden |
| 19.5km (12.1 miles) | ⓘGåsgruvan Quarry, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden |
| 19.5km (12.1 miles) | ⓘGåsgruvan, Gåsgruvan ore field, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden |
| 23.8km (14.8 miles) | ⓘNord mine, Finnshytteberg ore field, Nordmark mining district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden |
| 24.8km (15.4 miles) | ⓘHulta Mines, Striberg ore field, Nora, Örebro County, Sweden |
| 28.4km (17.7 miles) | ⓘGarden dump, Långban Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden |
| 28.4km (17.7 miles) | ⓘLångban Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden |
| 31.6km (19.6 miles) | ⓘJakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark mining district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden |
| 40.8km (25.3 miles) | ⓘÄlgfalls mine, Kopparberg, Ljusnarsberg, Örebro County, Sweden |
| 45.6km (28.4 miles) | ⓘWigströmsgruvan, Kopparberg, Ljusnarsberg, Örebro County, Sweden |
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| Reference Search (possible matching items) |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | willemite-franklinite assemblages in Bergslagen, central Sweden DAN HOLTSTAM* Department of Mineralogy, Research...Natural History, Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden Abstract: Two new occurrences of willemite coexisting...fluorite and barite. At the Hasselhöjden metacarbonate quarry (Hällefors, Örebro) the two minerals appear...MnO, 0.2–1.5 MgO and 0.1–1.2 Fe2O3, whereas at Hasselhöjden the mineral has 0.4 Fe2O3 as the main impurity...in these willemite samples. Franklinite from Hasselhöjden contains up to 7.6 wt.% V2O5, incorporated according |
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