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Vitusite-(Ce) Erikite & Lomonosovite

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Vitusite-(Ce) Erikite & Lomonosovite

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Description
Locality: 
Kvanefjeld Uranium Deposit, Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 4.5 × 2.1 cm
Description

A small  micocrystal/ crystalline mass  of Vitusite-(Ce) in a cavity in Lujavrite from the type locality at Kvanefjeld, Ilimaussaq, Greenland. Associated with the Vitusite Ce are tan coloured massive erikite and micro crystals of lomonosovite, as well as a number of clear  platy crystals which maybe Nacareniobsite-Ce

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vitusite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Na3(Ce,La,Nd)(PO4)2
Strunz: 
8.AC.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drill Core 39, Kvanefjeld Uranium deposit, Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Lomonosovite

Formula: 
Na5Ti2(Si2O7)(PO4)O2
Strunz: 
9.BE.32
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Pegmatite No. 65, Chinglusuai River Valley, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...
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