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Yttropyrochlore-(Y)

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Yttropyrochlore-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Nuolainiemi Pegmatite, Ladoga Region, Karelia Republic, Russian Federation
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm
Description

Dark brown yttropyrochlore-(Y) from the Nuolainiemi pegmatite, Karelia, Russia. Ex Excalibur-Cureton specimen. 

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Yttropyrochlore-(Y)

Synonym Of: 

Yttropyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)

Formula: 
(Y,Ca,U)1-2(Nb,Ta,Ti)2(O,OH)7
Strunz: 
4.DH.15
Hardness: 
4.5 - 5.5