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Calcioancylite-(Nd) Bavenite & Quartz

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Calcioancylite-(Nd) Bavenite & Quartz

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.1 × 2.5 × 2.1 cm
Description

a smoky quartz crystal hosts hundreds tufts of white bavenite blades and a calcite crystal that hosts two pink, double terminated, rhombic calcioancylite-Nd crystals; very rare is this habit because usually the calcioancylite-Nd forms balls and aggregation of crystals; Baveno'quarry is the type locality of bavenite and calcioancylite-Nd

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Calcioancylite-(Nd)

Formula: 
Ca(Nd,La,Ce)(CO3)2(OH).H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Seula mine (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Bavenite

Formula: 
Ca4Be2Al2Si9O26(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DF.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.5
Colour: 
White
Type Locality: 
Seula mine (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Quartz

Formula: 
SiO2
Strunz: 
4.DA.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
7.0
Streak: 
White