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Synchysite

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Synchysite

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Description
Locality: 
Laghetto Quarry, Cavagnano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 1.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Granophyre matrix with a cavity containing clusters of small brown synchesite crystals associated with quartz and orthoclase crystals.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Synchysite

Synonym Of: 

Synchysite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ca(Ce,La)(CO3)2F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20c
Hardness: 
4.5

Synchysite-(Nd)

Formula: 
Ca(Nd,Y,Gd)(CO3)2F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20c
Hardness: 
4.5

Synchysite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca(Y,Ce)(CO3)2F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20c
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Group Parent: 
Synchysite Group

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