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Fergusonite-(Y)

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Fergusonite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 10.5 × 3.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.30cm
Description

A group of cream-colored fergusonite-y crystals sitting on feldspar-aegirine matrix.

With numerous small brown pyrochlore crystals and yellow brown zircon crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fergusonite-(Y)

Formula: 
YNbO4
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Kangeq, Sermersoq Island, Kujalleq, Greenland