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Lokkaite-(Y)

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Lokkaite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Pyörönmaa Pegmatite, Valkeakoski, Pirkanmaa, Finland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.4 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm
Description

Snow white lokkaite-Y, a rare earth carbonate, on matrix.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lokkaite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca(Y,Gd,Nd,Dy)4(CO3)7·9H2O
Strunz: 
5.CC.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Pyörönmaa pegmatite, Kangasala, Western and Inner Finland Region, Finland