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Xenotime-(Y) & Anatase

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Xenotime-(Y) & Anatase

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Description
Locality: 
Hendre Quarry, Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.1 × 0.8 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small sample with a small crystal of xenotime-Y attached to a group of anatase crystals, with other anatase from this obscure locality for the species. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xenotime-(Y)

Formula: 
Y(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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