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Chevkinite-(Ce)

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Chevkinite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Arondu, Basha Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.4 × 0.6 cm
Description

Excellent partial crystal of jet black chevkinite-(Ce). A couple of faces are well evident and display and excellent metal lustre, with locally quite well visible growth structures, possibly linked to previously adiacent crystals.

From the famous Pakistani find of a few years ago. Representative, very sought-after and really rare to spot in such a good quality.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Chevkinite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Ca,Th)4(Fe2+,Mg)(Fe2+,Ti,Fe3+)2(Ti,Fe3+)2(Si2O7)2O8
Strunz: 
9.BE.70
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Colour: 
black
Type Locality: 
Pit No. 17, Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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