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Bastnäsite-(Ce)

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Bastnäsite-(Ce)

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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 × 4 × 1.5 cm
Description

Beige lustrous bastnäsite-Ce with rhodochrosite and siderite from the Uranus mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Germany. 

SEM-EDS & XRD conf. no 328.

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