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Vitusite-(Ce) & Lomonosovite

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Vitusite-(Ce) & Lomonosovite

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Description
Locality: 
Ilímaussaq, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.7 × 2.6 × 2 cm
Description

Vitusite and lomonosovite in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vitusite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Na3(Ce,La,Nd)(PO4)2
Strunz: 
8.AC.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drill Core 39, Kvanefjeld Uranium deposit, Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Lomonosovite

Formula: 
Na5Ti2(Si2O7)(PO4)O2
Strunz: 
9.BE.32
Hardness: 
3.0 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Pegmatite No. 65, Chinglusuai River Valley, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...