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Thorite Var Orangite

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Thorite Var Orangite

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Description
Locality: 
Landsverk #1 Feldspar Quarry, Evje og Hornnes, Agder, Norway
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.3 × 0.2 × 0.2 cm
Description

Nice orange orangite crystals in capsula

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thorite

Formula: 
(Th,U)SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
The Thorite Hole, Løvøya (Løvø; Lövö; Lövöe), Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

Orangite

Variety Of: 

Thorite

Formula: 
(Th,U)SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Hardness: 
4.5
Hardness: 
0.0