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Davidite-(La) & Roscherite

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Davidite-(La) & Roscherite

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Description
Locality: 
Radium Hill Mine, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.2 × 1.4 cm
Description

Davidite la and roscherite in matrix

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Davidite-(La)

Formula: 
(La,Ce)(Y,U,Fe)(Ti,Fe)20(O,OH)38
Strunz: 
4.CC.40
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
6.0
Colour: 
Black
Type Locality: 
Radium Hill mine (Smith's Carnotite Mine; Radium Hill), Radium Hill area, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia...

Roscherite

Formula: 
Ca2Mn2+5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4·6H2O
Strunz: 
8.DA.10
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic Tabular crystals or platy aggregates
Hardness: 
4.5 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Greifenstein Rocks, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany