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Monazite-(Ce) & Rutile

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Monazite-(Ce) & Rutile

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Description
Locality: 
Pizzo Giubine , Prevat Valley, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.5 × 3 × 2 cm
Description

Two groups of monazite-(Ce) crystals not all well formed and many beautiful groups of golden rutile intertwined crystals, scattered on the matrix.

Previous  sticker label.

Pasted Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Nd,Th)(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.50
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

Rutile

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DB.05
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Rutile locality, Horcajuelo de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain

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