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Gasparite-(Ce) & Anatase

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Gasparite-(Ce) & Anatase

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Cervandone Area, Devero Alp, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3.4 × 2.1 cm
Description

Two crystals of this rare arsenate from the type locality with a dark red, rutilated  anatase crystal

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gasparite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,REE)(AsO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.50
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Cervandone (Scherbadung; Cherbadung), Devero Alp, Baceno, Devero Valley, Antigorio Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

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...