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Formula: Pb4Fe3+3O8(Cl,OH)
Multiple oxide
Crystal System: Tetragonal
Specific gravity: 7.70 measured, 8.186 calculated
Hardness: 2 to 3
Streak: Yellow-red
Colour: Deep red-brown
Solubility: Readily soluble in dilute hydrochloric or nitric acid
Environments
Localities
At the type locality, the Jakobsberg mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden,
hematophanite occurs in a metamorphosed banded
iron-manganese ore deposit in
dolostone
(Webmin). Associated minerals include plumboferrite,
jacobsite, andradite,
copper, cuprite,
cerussite and calcite
(HOM, Dana).
At the Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, hematophanite is associated with
copper, jacobsite,
hematite and damaraite
(HOM).
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