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Aeschynite-(Y) Monazite-(Ce) Loveringite Thorite & Xenotime-(Y)

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Aeschynite-(Y) Monazite-(Ce) Loveringite Thorite & Xenotime-(Y)

ex collection Helmuth Hatton

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Description
Locality: 
Lohning Quarry, Rauris, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.1 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Dark red-brown aeshinite-(y) with yellowish brown monazite-(ce), yellow brown, blocky thorite (small), yellow xenotime-(y) and black loveringite. Mindat states that loveringite from this quarry is possibly cleusonite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aeschynite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6
Strunz: 
4.DF.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Urstad Feldspar Mine, Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway

Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Nd,Th)(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.50
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Loveringite

Formula: 
(Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)2(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)18O38
Strunz: 
4.CC.40
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Jimberlana Intrusion, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia

Thorite

Formula: 
(Th,U)SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
The Thorite Hole, Løvøya (Løvø; Lövö; Lövöe), Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

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

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