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Hellandite-(Y)

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Hellandite-(Y)

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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 × 2 cm
Description

A nice, sharp, group of glassy, slightly yellow tabular hellandite-(Y) crystals on matrix. Good specimen.

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Hellandite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Ca,REE)4Y2Al(Be,Li)2-xB4Si4O22(OH)2
Strunz: 
9.DK.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Lindvikskollen quarry, Lindvikskollen-Kalstadgangen pegmatite, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway

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