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Betafite

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Description
Locality: 
Ljosland Quarries, Iveland, Agder, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1 × 0.7 cm
Description

Black crystal of scheteligite (labeled in this way in the plastic box), possibly a member of the betafite group, in matrix.

Originally described by Bjørlykke (1937) from Torvelona, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Betafite

Synonym Of: 

Betafite (of Hogarth 1977)

Formula: 
(Ca,U)2(Ti,Nb)2O6(OH)
Strunz: 
4.DH.15
Hardness: 
3.0 - 5.5

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