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Genthelvite With Bastnäsite-(Ce)

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Genthelvite With Bastnäsite-(Ce)

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Zagi Mountain, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.6 × 2.5 × 2.9 cm
Description

A beautiful well terminated large extreamly rare genthalvite incombination with bastnasite from a famed rare mineral locality zagi mountain .

There is no damage in the crystal except natural etching .

The production of genthalvite from this locality has stopped.

A nice combination rare genthalvite specimen  

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Genthelvite

Formula: 
Zn4(Be3Si3O12)S
Strunz: 
9.FB.10
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
West Cheyenne Canon, Cheyenne District (St. Peters Dome District), El Paso Co., Colorado, USA

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

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