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Aeschynite-(Y)

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Aeschynite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Hidra, Flekkefjord, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Aggregate of crystalized, black coloured aeschynite-(Y) imbedded in red felspar crystals, that retains an old handwritten label.

Ex. Ennio Contarini (IT) #5432.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aeschynite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6
Strunz: 
4.DF.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Urstad Feldspar Mine, Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway

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