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Aeschynite-(Y)

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Aeschynite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Mølland Quarries, Iveland, Agder, Norway
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.4 × 1.7 cm
Description

Very good single crystal of aeschynite-(Y) (= blomstrandine, = priorite) with sharp edges and well developed faces. Damaged at top. The Mølland quarry got famous for it's excellent crystals of aeschynite-(Y).

Aeschynite-(Y) is a radioactive mineral.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aeschynite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6
Strunz: 
4.DF.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Urstad Feldspar Mine, Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway

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