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Gysinite-(Nd)

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Gysinite-(Nd)

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Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Sa Duchessa Mine, Oridda, Domusnovas, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2.5 × 1 cm
Description

Nice, clearly visible groups of crystals (orange arrow) of glassy, pink crystals of gysinite-(Nd), a very rare mineral exclusive of only three mineralogical locality in the world, the only one from which, rarely, come samples on the market, is this of "Sa Duchessa".

Excellent specimen, rare!

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gysinite-(Nd)

Formula: 
Pb(Nd,La)(CO3)2(OH)·H2O
Strunz: 
5.DC.05
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Kasompi Mine (Menda Mine; Kasompi Hill), Swambo, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)

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