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Bastnäsite-(Ce)

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Bastnäsite-(Ce)

SEM-EDS & SC-XRD microdiffraction confirmed material

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Description
Locality: 
Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 1.6 cm
Description

SEM-EDS & SC-XRD microdiffraction confirmed beige microcrystalline bastnäsite-(Ce) from the Uranus mine. Other associated phases are rhodochrosite as globular irregular phase and powdery smithsonite. 

Only found one specimen yet.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bastnäsite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La)(CO3)F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden