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Semenovite-(Ce)

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Semenovite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Taseq Slope, Ilimaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.3 × 1.9 × 0.9 cm
Description

This is a very rare, Be and Ce bearing silicate mineral from the Type Locality in Greenland. It forms pale brown crystal and crystal fragments in matrix in association with colourless epididymite plates. there are two different areas on the specimen with semenovite-(Ce)

Mineral Data
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Semenovite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Na8Ca2FeBe6Ce2Si14O40(OH)4F4
Strunz: 
9.DN.10
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Taseq Slope (Tasseq Slope), Taseq area, Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Loranth Minerals

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