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Allanite-(Ce)

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Allanite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Oßling Quarry, Oßling, Bautzen, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2 × 0.7 cm
Description

Beautiful dense bunch of brown allanite-Ce. Uncommon specimen. 

Reference:

Wittern: "Mineralfundorte in Deutschland", 2001

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Allanite-(Ce)

Formula: 
{CaCe}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05b
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Qáqarssuatsiaq, Aluk Island, Kap Farvel, Kujalleq, Greenland