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Xenotime & Zircon

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Xenotime & Zircon

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Description
Locality: 
Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

A group of yellow, prismatic, elongated crystals of zircon on orange orthoclase hosts some orange xenotime

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xenotime

Synonym Of: 

Xenotime-(Y)

Formula: 
Y(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.35
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Xenotime-(Yb)

Formula: 
(Yb,Y,HREE)(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.35
Hardness: 
0.0

Zircon

Formula: 
ZrSiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
7.5
Streak: 
White