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Cervandonite-(Ce)

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Cervandonite-(Ce)

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Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Cervandone Area, Devero Alp, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10.5 × 5 × 4.5 cm
Description

Douzends of beautiful, lustrous black cervandonite-Ce roses all over the specimen.

Very rich and good old specimen from the type locality.

Ex Eberhard Henkel collection, Germany.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cervandonite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,Nd,La)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Ti,Al)3O2(Si2O7)(As3+O3)(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BE.92
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Cervandone (Scherbadung; Cherbadung), Devero Alp, Baceno, Devero Valley, Antigorio Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy