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Aluminocerite-(Ce)

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Aluminocerite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Montoso Quarries, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 2.5 × 3 cm
Description

Bipyramidal, raspberry-red crystals of aluminocerite-(Ce), scattered on the sample.

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Mineral Data
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Aluminocerite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Ca)9(Al,Fe3+)(SiO4)3(HSiO4)4(OH)3
Strunz: 
9.AG.20
Hardness: 
5.0 - 0.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Seula mine (ex Montecatini quarry), Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

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