Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Aeschynite-(Y)

Views:
Watches:
RGT926768

Aeschynite-(Y)

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Borborema Province, Paraiba, Brazil
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 4.5 × 4.2 cm
Description

Sample found in the Lavra do Imbe Claim - Paraiba State, Brazil.

XRF Analyzed.

A very rare sample, presenting metamitict structure. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aeschynite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6
Strunz: 
4.DF.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Urstad Feldspar Mine, Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway
Analysis
Analysis Report - only: Aeschynite-(Y)

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps