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Britholite-(Ce)

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Britholite-(Ce)

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Oktyabr'skii Massif, Azov Sea, Donetsk Oblast', Ukraine
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Orange brown crystal aggregates of the rare earth mineral britholite-(Ce) (but labeled as the old name beckelite in the plastic box) from the now famous area of Mariupol (in Oktyabr'skii Massif), Ukraine,

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Britholite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ca2(Ce,Ca)3(SiO4,PO4)3(OH,F)
Strunz: 
9.AH.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Naujakasik (Naajakasik), Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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