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Monazite-(Ce) Var Turnerite

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Monazite-(Ce) Var Turnerite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Pardatsch, Nalps Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 5 cm
Description

Gemmy yellow monacite-Ce (var. Turnerite) on a bed of gemmy quartz crystals from a very old collection.

Beautiful and very rich specimen - collected 1884 (!)

With beautiful old label - ex Museum Stockholm

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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...

Turnerite

Variety Of: 

Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Nd,Th)(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.50
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Hardness: 
0.0