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Bastnäsite & Synchisite

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Bastnäsite & Synchisite

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Description
Locality: 
La Flèche Quarry, Bertrix, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 3 × 2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.05cm
Description

Rich specimen with aggregates of a mixed phase between bastnaesite ce and synchisite ce up to 0.5 mm on metamorphic rock.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bastnäsite

Synonym Of: 

Bastnäsite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La)(CO3)F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20a
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

Bastnäsite-(La)

Formula: 
(La,Ce)(CO3)F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20a
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Bastnäsite-(Nd)

Formula: 
Nd(CO3)F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20a
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

Bastnäsite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ce)(CO3)F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20a
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

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