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Kainosite-(Y) & Aeschynite-(Y)

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HCH218864

Kainosite-(Y) & Aeschynite-(Y)

Found by Kurt Nowak, Wald im Pinzgau

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Description
Locality: 
Hopffeldgraben, Hopffeld, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.20cm
Description

A very nice yellow crystal of Kainosite with 2 mm large is sitting with a smaller tabulare brown Aeschynite crystal on matrix. There is another speciem with Hematite crystals in this box.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kainosite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca2(Y,Ce)2(Si4O12)(CO3)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CF.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Igletjødn feldspar quarry (Igletjern), Hæstad, Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway

Aeschynite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6
Strunz: 
4.DF.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Urstad Feldspar Mine, Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway

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