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Euxenite-(Y) & Samarskite & Monazite

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Euxenite-(Y) & Samarskite & Monazite

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Description
Locality: 
Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mountains, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 5 × 4 cm
Description

Black samarskite crystals up to 1.5cm, euxenite and a brown red monazite crystal in pegmatitic matrix from the Ilmen Natural Reserve. Includes an old Maucher label. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Euxenite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ti,Ta)2O6
Strunz: 
4.DG.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Undisclosed pegmatite, Jølster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Monazite

Group Parent: 
Monazite Group