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Synchysite Bastnäsite-(Ce)

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HCH148764

Synchysite Bastnäsite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
La Flèche Quarry, Bertrix, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2 × 1.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.05cm
Description

Small botryoidal aggregates of mixed crystals between synchisite and bastnaesite Ce up to 0.5 mm on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Synchysite

Synonym Of: 

Synchysite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ca(Ce,La)(CO3)2F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20c
Hardness: 
4.5

Synchysite-(Nd)

Formula: 
Ca(Nd,Y,Gd)(CO3)2F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20c
Hardness: 
4.5

Synchysite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca(Y,Ce)(CO3)2F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20c
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Group Parent: 
Synchysite Group

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

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