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Kainosite-(Y) & Gadolinite-(Ce)

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Kainosite-(Y) & Gadolinite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Washington Pass, Okanogan County, Washington, United States of America
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm
Description

You are bidding on a fine sample with some nice, doubly terminated kainosite-Y crystals on matrix. In one vug is a sharp, brown gadolinite-Ce crystal. Collected by Robert Boggs, former Fred DeVito collection. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kainosite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca2(Y,Ce)2(Si4O12)(CO3)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CF.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Igletjødn feldspar quarry (Igletjern), Hæstad, Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway

Gadolinite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Nd,Y)2Fe2+Be2Si2O10
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Buer, Bjørkedalen, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

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