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Xenotime-(Y)

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Xenotime-(Y)

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4 × 2.5 × 3 cm
Description

A wonderful group of smoky quartz crystals - most of them are double terminated with a darker termination.

This specimen is partly covered with groups of tiny xenotime-Y micro crystals.

Rare specimen!

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