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Fergusonite-(Ce) & Zircon

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Fergusonite-(Ce) & Zircon

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Description
Locality: 
San Vito Quarry, Ercolano, Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius, Naples, Campania, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.1 × 1.6 cm
Description

Some bipyramidal, honey yellow, fergusonite-(Ce) crystals on sanidine with some azure zircon

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Fergusonite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Nd)NbO4
Strunz: 
7.GA.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Chernigovskiy Massif (Chernigovka Massif; Novopoltavskiy Massif), Priazovie, Zaporozhskaya Oblast' (Zaporiz'ka; Zaporozh'e), Ukraine...

Zircon

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