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Fergusonite-(Y)

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Fergusonite-(Y)

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Sri Lanka
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.7 × 1.4 cm
Description

Two pieces of blackish translucent fergusonite-(Y) in a glass container, with four original labels. The number 5415 of the Contarini collection is stapled in an early label of Roberto Palumbo, a mineral dealer in Roma until 1945 (Wilson, W.E., 2018). “Mineralogical Biographical Archive”. Dimensions are those of the biggest piece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fergusonite-(Y)

Formula: 
YNbO4
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Kangeq, Sermersoq Island, Kujalleq, Greenland

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