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Yttrian Titanite

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Yttrian Titanite

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Description
Locality: 
Lindvikskollen Quarry, Kragerø, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 5.7 × 4.1 cm
Weight: 
130.00gr
Description

There we have a superb specimen featuring a nice brown crystal of Yttrium-bearing titanite in a feldspar matrix. It is undamaged, tabular, with lustrous and well-developed faces, perfectly exposed.

It was collected by Jan Sibtsen, a Dutch collector who was living for a while in Norway (1975-77) and visited many localities.

Ex Jan Sibtsen #1265.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Yttrian Titanite

Variety Of: 

Titanite

Formula: 
CaTi(SiO4)O
Strunz: 
9.AG.15
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Formula: 
(Ca,Y)TiSiO5
Hardness: 
0.0

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