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Allanite-(Ce)

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Allanite-(Ce)

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Locality: 
Ås, Evje Og Hornnes, Agder, Norway
Size Range: 
Museum (18cm plus)
Size: 
19 × 12.5 × 8 cm
Description

A giant, brown coloured, striated, Allanite-(Ce) crystal with some matrix consisting of feldspar and mica from the Ås pegmatite. The crystal is not complete at the sides and at the bottom side where it is showing it's black interior - but it's a real museum specimen with an allanite crystal very rarely seen of this size. Weight 2.7 kg

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Allanite-(Ce)

Formula: 
{CaCe}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05b
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Qáqarssuatsiaq, Aluk Island, Kap Farvel, Kujalleq, Greenland

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