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Aeschynite-(Nd)

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Aeschynite-(Nd)

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Description
Locality: 
East Mine, Bayan Obo, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 1.5 × 1.3 cm
Description

Brown tabular crystals aeshynite-(Nd) in a calcite-aegirine matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aeschynite-(Nd)

Formula: 
(Nd,Ce,Ca)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6
Strunz: 
4.DF.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
East Mine, Bayan Obo deposit (Bayun-Obo deposit; Baiyunebo deposit), Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo Mining District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China