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Gadolinite-(Y)

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Gadolinite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Seula Mine, Mount Camoscio, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm
Description

A good, large (for the specie) white crystal of gadolinite-(Y) with apple green muscovite and colourless albite; also present is hingganite-(Y) in little epitaxial growth crystals on gadolinite

Mineral Data
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Gadolinite-(Y)

Formula: 
Y2Fe2+Be2Si2O10
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Ytterby, Resarö, Vaxholm, Uppland, Sweden