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Monazite-(Ce) & Hematite

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Monazite-(Ce) & Hematite

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Description
Locality: 
Iselle Quarry, Trasquera, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 2.1 × 1.5 cm
Description

some pink, trasparent monazite-Ce crystals on albite with platy hematite crystals

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Nd,Th)(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.50
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Hematite

Formula: 
Fe2O3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0