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Xenotime-(Y)

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Xenotime-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Mount Malosa, Zomba, Southern Region, Malawi
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

A very rich and interesting specimen with pale brown microcrystals of xenotime-Y (up to 1.5 mm) together with yellowbrown zircone crystals, minor parisite-Ce and pyrochlore on crystallized feldspar-aegirin matrix.

 

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