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Gadolinite-(Y)

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Gadolinite-(Y)

Ex coll. Fritz Schell ca. 1915
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Description
Locality: 
Ytterby, Resarö, Vaxholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 5 cm
Description

Black vitreous gadolinite-(Y) massive and crystallised in feldspar matrix.

A historic specimen from the famous Ytterby pegmatite and type locality for gadolinite-(Y).

From the collection of Fritz Schell, Bad Lauterberg-Harz about 1915.

Comes with his original handwritten label.

Fritz Schell was related with W. Schell who found the type material of

Trogtalite in 1919.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gadolinite-(Y)

Formula: 
Y2Fe2+Be2Si2O10
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Ytterby, Resarö, Vaxholm, Uppland, Sweden
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