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Perrierite-(Ce)

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Perrierite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
In den Dellen Quarries, Niedermendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 0.9 × 0.75 cm
Description

Perfect shaped black perrierite-Ce crystal on sanidine.

References:

Blass, G.; Graf, H.W., Neufunde von bekannten Fundorten (VIII), Mineralien-Welt 4/5, 41, 1993

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Perrierite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,Ca,Th)4(Fe2+,Mg)Fe3+2(Ti,Fe3+)2(Si2O7)2O8
Strunz: 
9.BE.70
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Nettuno, Rome Province, Latium, Italy