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Xenotime-(Y) On Aegirine

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Xenotime-(Y) On Aegirine

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4 × 3.5 cm
Description

Tiny, gemmy xenotime-Y microcrystals very rich on aegirine and feldspar with minor pyrochlore crystals.

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

Aegirine

Formula: 
NaFe3+Si2O6
Group Parent: 
Clinopyroxene Subgroup
Strunz: 
9.DA.25
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Type Locality: 
Rundemyr, Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway