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Kainosite-(Y)

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Kainosite-(Y)

Found by Kurt Nowak

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Description
Locality: 
Hopffeldgraben, Hopffeld, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 6 × 5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

Yellowish crystals of Kainosite-(Y) up to 1 mm large are sitting near Albite on matrix.

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

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