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Vitusite-(Ce)

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Vitusite-(Ce)

ex Americo Urbinati collection
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Kvanefjeld Adit, Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5.6 × 3.1 × 2.1 cm
Description

cream yellow crystals of vitusite-Ce from the type locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vitusite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Na3(Ce,La,Nd)(PO4)2
Strunz: 
8.AC.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drill Core 39, Kvanefjeld Uranium deposit, Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland