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Euxenite-(Y)

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Euxenite-(Y)

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Tvedestrand, Agder, Norway
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 2.7 × 2.2 cm
Description

A very good crystalized group of sharp, prismatic euxenite crystals with some feldspar.

The specimen is from the collection of the French mineralogist A.A. Damour and was collected probably around 1830–1840 (no label about that).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Euxenite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ti,Ta)2O6
Strunz: 
4.DG.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Undisclosed pegmatite, Jølster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

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