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Synchysite-(Ce) Anatase & Albite

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Synchysite-(Ce) Anatase & Albite

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Description
Locality: 
Adra, Almería, Andalusia, Spain
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2.1 × 0.8 cm
Description

A specimen with odd little pale orangeish prisms of synchisite ce hiding among the dozens of gemmy albite crystals.There are also present several clusters and individual of hot red anatase crystals.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Synchysite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ca(Ce,La)(CO3)2F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20c
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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...

Albite

Formula: 
NaAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.35
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Finnbo (Finbo), Falun, Dalarna, Sweden
schani

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