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Kamphaugite-(Y) & Bastnäsite-(Y)

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Kamphaugite-(Y) & Bastnäsite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 2.7 × 2.9 cm
Description

White to off white hemispheres of kamphaugite Y on matrix and on green bastnasite Y crystalline masses

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kamphaugite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca(Y,REE)(CO3)2(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hørtekollen, Sylling, Lier, Buskerud, Norway

Bastnäsite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ce)(CO3)F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Verkhnee Espe Massif (Verkhnee Espe deposit), Akzhaylyautas Mts (Akzhailyautas Mts; Akjaylautas Mts; Akzhalautas Mts), Tarbagatai Range, Eastern Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...
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