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Davidite-(La)

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Davidite-(La)

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Description
Locality: 
Beqtau-Ata, Aktogay, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4 × 5.5 × 4 cm
Description

Brown davidite-la crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Davidite-(La)

Formula: 
(La,Ce)(Y,U,Fe)(Ti,Fe)20(O,OH)38
Strunz: 
4.CC.40
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
6.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
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