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Calcioancylite-(Ce) & Gadolinite

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Calcioancylite-(Ce) & Gadolinite

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.5 × 3.9 × 4 cm
Description

a white sphere of calcioancylite on brown gadolinite; there is another gadolinite in a different vug.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcioancylite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ca,Sr)Ce(CO3)2(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

Gadolinite

Synonym Of: 

Gadolinite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Nd,Y)2Fe2+Be2Si2O10
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0

Gadolinite-(Y)

Formula: 
Y2Fe2+Be2Si2O10
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0