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Cordylite-(Ce) & Parisite-(Ce)

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Cordylite-(Ce) & Parisite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Narssârssuk Pegmatite, Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku, Kujalleq, Greenland
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm
Description

You are bidding on an exceptional specimen hosting many sharp hexagonal cordylite-Ce crystals with nice prisms of parisite-Ce, groups of ancylite and sparse zircon. A very good specimen of cordylite from the type locality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cordylite-(Ce)

Formula: 
NaBaCe2(CO3)4F
Strunz: 
5.BD.05
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Parisite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ca(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2
Strunz: 
5.BD.20b
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Mun. de Muzo, Vasquez-Yacopí Mining District, Boyacá Department, Colombia

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