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Monazite-(Ce)

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Monazite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Pardatsch, Nalps Valley, Tujetsch, Surselva Region, Grisons, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 2.7 cm
Description

Beautiful orange-brown and gemmy monazite-Ce crystals on shist matrix with Quartz, Rutile and Apatite crystals.

Old specimen from Wolfgang Schneider collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Nd,Th)(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.50
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...