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Bastnäsite-(Ce) & Fluorite

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Bastnäsite-(Ce) & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Red Cloud Fluorite Mine, Gallinas Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States of America
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Description

Yellowish bastnäsite crystals with violet fluorite

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bastnäsite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La)(CO3)F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic