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Xenotime-(Y) Anatase

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Xenotime-(Y) Anatase

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Description
Locality: 
Triolet Glacier, Courmayeur, Aosta Valley, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 1 × 1 cm
Description

Nice sample rich in several species. First some orangy yellow xenotime associated with black anatase and fine trasparent apatite crystals.

The big black crystal could possibly be a brookite

In a box 2.8x2.8cm, labelled

FoV : 2.2mm

Ex Antofilli 1982

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xenotime-(Y)

Formula: 
Y(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

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