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Kamphaugite-(Y) Kainosite-(Y) & Fluorite

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Kamphaugite-(Y) Kainosite-(Y) & Fluorite

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Description
Locality: 
Seula Mine, Mount Camoscio, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7.5 × 6.5 × 3.2 cm
Description

several vugs filled with quartz and muscovite hosting hundreds white balls of kamphaugite-Y and fluorite ; the last pic shows a tufts of kainosite-Y crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kamphaugite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca(Y,REE)(CO3)2(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.10
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Hørtekollen, Sylling, Lier, Buskerud, Norway

Kainosite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca2(Y,Ce)2(Si4O12)(CO3)·H2O
Strunz: 
9.CF.10
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Igletjødn feldspar quarry (Igletjern), Hæstad, Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway

Fluorite

Formula: 
CaF2
Strunz: 
3.AB.25
Crystal System: 
Isometric
Hardness: 
4.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov District (St Joachimsthal), Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic