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Zircon & Xenotime-(Y)

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Zircon & Xenotime-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.1 × 0.9 cm
Description

several yellow prismatic crystals of zircon host an aepithactic grown of orange xenotime-y crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Zircon

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

Xenotime-(Y)

Formula: 
Y(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway