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Mineral contains: melanotekite
Dörsam G, Liebscher A, Wunder B, Franz G (2008) Crystal structures of synthetic melanotekite (Pb2Fe2Si2O9), kentrolite (Pb2Mn2Si2O9), and the aluminum analogue (Pb2Al2Si2O9). American Mineralogist 93, 573-583
Ito J, Frondel C (1966) Syntheses of the kentrolite-melanotekite series. Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi 4, 387-390
Lindström G (1880) Analyser af tvenne mineral från Långban. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 37, issue 6, 53-58
Moore P B, Sen Gupta P K, Shen J, Schlemper E O (1991) The kentrolite-melanotekite series, 4Pb2(Mn,Fe)3+2O2[Si2O7]: Chemical crystallographic relations, lone-pair splitting, and cation relation to 8URe2. American Mineralogist 76, 1389-1399
Welin E (1968) Notes on the mineralogy of Sweden 6. X-ray powder data for minerals from Långban and the related mineral deposits of Central Sweden. Arkiv för Mineralogi och Geologi 4, 499-541