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Lanthanite-(La)

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Lanthanite-(La)

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Description
Locality: 
Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 2 cm
Description

Outstanding white tabular crystals of the rare REE mineral lanthanite-(La) from the famous Bastnas deposit in Sweden.

See Mindat for a discussion of the identification of this species in Bastnas

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Lanthanite-(La)

Formula: 
(La,Ce)2(CO3)3·8H2O
Strunz: 
5.CC.25
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
2.5 - 3.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden

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