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Chukhrovite-(Ce)

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Chukhrovite-(Ce)

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Locality: 
Valvassera Mine, Valganna, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.2 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Beautiful specimen rich in beautiful sparkling, colorless cubic-octahedral chukhrovite-(Ce) crystals, richly scattered on the matrix. The sample was analyzed revealing its dominance in cerium unlike the species that is most widespread in the locality which is the one rich in calcium. Chukhrovite-(Ce) is very rare and is known from only 4 or 5 locations in the world. Excellent specimen!!

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Chukhrovite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ca3(Ce,Y)[F|SO4|(AlF6)2]·10H2O
Strunz: 
3.CG.10
Hardness: 
3.0
Colour: 
white
Streak: 
white
Type Locality: 
Yaroslavskoye Sn Deposit, Voznesenskii ore District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia

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