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Formula: Pb14O9(AsO4)2Cl4
Arsenate
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Specific gravity: 7.95 measured, 8.096 calculated
Hardness: 2 to 3
Streak: Light yellow
Colour: Pale yellow
Environments
Sedimentary environments
Metamorphic environments
Localities
At the Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia, sahlinite occurs in layered
hausmannite-baryte associated
with copper, jacobsite,
hausmannite and baryte
(HOM).
Sahlinite from the Kombat Mine - Image
At the type locality, the Långban Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden, sahlinite
occurs in a metamorphosed
iron-manganese orebody
with hausmannite,
manganhumite, forsterite and
dolomite
(HOM).
Sahlinite from the Långban Mine -
Image
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