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Bastnäsite-(Ce)

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Bastnäsite-(Ce)

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
La Flèche Quarry, Bertrix, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 1.2 × 1.6 cm
Weight: 
4.00gr
Description

Very nice reddish brown, translucent crystal balls of rare-earths carbonate. The black, blocky crystals on the second picture should be calcite.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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