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Karnasurtite-(Ce)

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Karnasurtite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.7 × 0.3 × 0.3 cm
Description

Orange brown crystals of the rare REE mineral karnarsurtite-(Ce) from the TL in Karnasurt, Russia.

Only 3 known localities worldwide.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Karnasurtite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Th)(Ti,Nb)(Al,Fe)(Si2O7)(OH)4·3H2O
Strunz: 
9.BE.70
Hardness: 
2.0
Type Locality: 
Hackmanite Stock (Pegmatite No. 62), Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia...

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