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Euxenite-(Y)

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Euxenite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Betroka District, Anosy, Madagascar
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.1 × 3 × 2.2 cm
Description

Dark brown euxenite-(Y) with good metallic lustre, because it was probably eroded and recovered in a fluvial deposit. Specimen #5406 of the E.Contarini collection, it comes with three original labels.

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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