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Rhabdophane-(La)

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Rhabdophane-(La)

EDS confirmed specimen no 19-11-25-bur1

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Description
Locality: 
Gakara, Bujumbura Rural Province, Burundi
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.7 × 4.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Filigrane rhabdophane-La and rhabdophane-Ce associated with bastnaesite-Ce. 

Other minerals found this assemblage are colourless monazite-Ce and white kaolinite. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Rhabdophane-(La)

Formula: 
(La,Ce)(PO4)·H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.45
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Scoville Mine, Salisbury District, Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Rhabdophane-(La)
Analysis Report - only: Rhabdophane-(La)