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Tungstibite & Rhabdophane-(Ce)

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Tungstibite & Rhabdophane-(Ce)

EDS conf specimen no 20-04-04-cla110

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Description
Locality: 
Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3.8 × 1.7 cm
Description

Yellow brown tungstibite with colourless rhabdophane-Ce in baryte matrix. 

Beautiful combination. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Tungstibite

Formula: 
Sb3+2WO6
Strunz: 
4.DE.15
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.0
Streak: 
Greenish
Type Locality: 
Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Rhabdophane-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La)(PO4)·H2O
Strunz: 
8.CJ.45
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
3.5
Type Locality: 
Fowey Consols (incl. Wheal Treasure; Wheal Fortune; Wheal Chance), Tywardreath, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, UK