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Britholite-(Y)

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Britholite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Água de Pau Volcano, São Miguel Island, Azores District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.3 × 2.9 × 1.8 cm
Description

specimen with a beautiful group of white fantasti needles of analysed crystals of britholite-(Y) on matrix.

c. 2156

Mineral Data
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Britholite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca2(Y,Ca)3(SiO4,PO4)3(OH,F)
Strunz: 
9.AH.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Abukuma range (Abukuma massif), Fukushima prefecture, Tohoku region, Honshu Island, Japan

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