Sjogruvite
A discredited species name
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Colour:
Yellow; thin splinters are blood-red by transmitted light.
Name:
After the type locality, the Sjo Mine (Sjogruvan in Swedish).
Originally reported from Sjö Mine, Grythyttan, Hällefors, Västmanland, Sweden.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
32239
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:32239:7
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
92cadd63-0c29-4965-b098-1d0902f694e0
Classification of Sjogruvite
Discredited
Physical Properties of Sjogruvite
Colour:
Yellow; thin splinters are blood-red by transmitted light.
Comment:
Darkens upon exposure to air.
Streak:
Yellow
Crystallography of Sjogruvite
Morphology:
Massive.
Other Information
Notes:
Magnetic. Readily soluble in cold HCl without the evolution of chlorine.
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
References for Sjogruvite
Reference List:
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Igelström (1892) Geologiska Föeningens I Stockholm. Förhandlinger, Stockholm: 14: 309.
Igelström (1893) Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leipzig: 22: 471.
Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 845.
GFF 94 (1972) 423 [discreditation]
Internet Links for Sjogruvite
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Localities for Sjogruvite
Locality List
- This locality has map coordinates listed.
- This locality has estimated coordinates.
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? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
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| Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: 845. |