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Synchysite-(Ce)

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Synchysite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Petersberg Quarry, Halle, Saxony - Anhalt, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 1.8 × 2.1 cm
Description

pale brownish well terminated hexagonal prismatic crystals of 2 mm, very rich beside some white small Albite crystals on large cavities in Quartz-Porphyry matrix. Outstanding good specimens from a new find

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Synchysite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ca(Ce,La)(CO3)2F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20c
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland