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Samarskite-(Y)

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Samarskite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Divinésia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1 × 1 cm
Weight: 
174.00gr
Description

A whole box full of small but quite nice crystals of Samarskite-(Y) from Divinésia, Minas Gerais, Brazil! Weighs a hefty 174 grams in total and will nicely set off your geiger counter or scintilometer. Rare and "old-time" material! 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Samarskite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Fe3+,Fe2+,U,Th,Ca)2(Nb,Ta)2O8
Strunz: 
4.DB.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Blyumovskaya Pit (Blum Pit; Pit No. 50), Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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