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Formula: Pb3Mn2+(AsO3)2(AsO2OH)
Arsenite
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Specific gravity: 6.1 to 7.1 measured, 6.35 calculated
Hardness: 2 to 3
Streak: Yellow
Colour: Yellow to yellow-brown, dark brown or black; pale yellow to brownish yellow in transmitted light
Solubility: Soluble in dilute acids.
Environments:
Trigonite is a rare mineral found only at the type locality, Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden, where it occurs in a
metamorphosed iron-manganese orebody, associated with native lead,
dixenite, hausmannite,
finnemanite, rouseite,
dolomite and
baryte
(HOM, Mindat).
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