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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 × 6 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

Hundreds of gemmy xenotime-Y microcrystals on a cluster of smoky quartz crystals.

With monor aegirine and feldspar.

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