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Bastnäsite-(Ce)

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Bastnäsite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
La Flèche Quarry, Bertrix, Luxembourg Province, Belgium
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.8 × 0.6 cm
Description

White-yellowish fuzz-balls of acicular bastnäsite-(Ce) richly covering the black matrix.

Found in 2004.

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

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