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Thorite

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Description
Locality: 
Naipa Mine, Gilé District, Zambezia Province, Mozambique
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 
21.00gr
Description

Very rare and difficult to find specimen of thorite with manganoan tantalite from this classic Mozambican deposit.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Thorite

Formula: 
(Th,U)SiO4
Strunz: 
9.AD.30
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
The Thorite Hole, Løvøya (Løvø; Lövö; Lövöe), Langesundsfjorden, Porsgrunn, Telemark, Norway

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