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Parisite-(Ce)

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Parisite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.3 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

A really superb doubly terminated 6 mm large, sharp parisite-Ce crystal on crystallized feldspar matrix. With minor Xenotime-Y microcrystals, pyrochlore and aegirin.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Parisite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ca(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2
Strunz: 
5.BD.20b
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Mun. de Muzo, Vasquez-Yacopí Mining District, Boyacá Department, Colombia