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Kristiansenite & Gadolinite

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Kristiansenite & Gadolinite

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.9 × 3.5 cm
Description

A cluster of smoky quartz crystals hosts a white kristiansenite crystal and a large, white gadolinite; self collected on 2016

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kristiansenite

Formula: 
Ca2ScSn(Si2O7)(Si2O6OH)
Strunz: 
9.BC.30
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Heftetjern pegmatite, Tørdal, Drangedal, Telemark, Norway

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