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Euxenite-(Y)

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RGR726525

Euxenite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Arendal, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.5 × 1 cm
Description

A 4.5cm part of tabular prismatic Euxenite crystal. Original label is: Euxenite/(from pegmatite)/ Alve near Arendal/ Norway. The specimen retains a label from old material cca 1955, from EX. Trdlicka Collection. Radioactive.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Euxenite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ti,Ta)2O6
Strunz: 
4.DG.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Undisclosed pegmatite, Jølster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway