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Tadzhikite-(Ce)

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Tadzhikite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 3.5 × 2.2 cm
Description

Brown spheres of tadzhikite on matrix

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tadzhikite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ca,Ce)4(Ce,Y)2(Ti4+,Fe3+,Al)[B4Si4O22](OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DK.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Darai-Pioz Glacier (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz), Alai Range (Alayskiy), Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan