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Thortveitite & Allanite-(Ce)

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Thortveitite & Allanite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm
Description

Dozens blue balls of thortveitite on quartz and orthoclase with brwon allanite-Ce ; from a scandium minerals find of the last year; self collected on june 2016

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thortveitite

Formula: 
(Sc,Y)2Si2O7
Strunz: 
9.BC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.0 - 7.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Ljoslandsknipan (Thortveitittgruva), Knipan (Knipane), Ljosland, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway

Allanite-(Ce)

Formula: 
{CaCe}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05b
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Qáqarssuatsiaq, Aluk Island, Kap Farvel, Kujalleq, Greenland