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Mosandrite

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Mosandrite

ex Americo Urbinati collection
Type Locality

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Description
Locality: 
Låven Island, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.1 × 1.7 × 1 cm
Description

Dark red-brown crystals of mosandrite-ce on matrix from its type locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Mosandrite

Formula: 
(◻,Ca,Na)3(Ca,REE)4Ti(Si2O7)2[H2O,OH,F]4·H2O
Strunz: 
9.BE.20
Hardness: 
4.0
Type Locality: 
Låven (Skådön; Lamö; Lamanskjaer), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway