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Synchysite-(Ce) Anatase & Albite

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Synchysite-(Ce) Anatase & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Petersberg Quarry, Halle, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 3.4 × 1.8 cm
Description

Very rich specimen, full of platy synchysite-ce crysrtals on both sides. A black anatase crystal peeks through and there are some tiny, minor albite crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Synchysite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ca(Ce,La)(CO3)2F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20c
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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...

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden

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