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Aeschynite-(Nd) & Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)

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Aeschynite-(Nd) & Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
East Mine, Bayan Obo, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.4 × 0.5 × 0.3 cm
Description

Brown crystalline Aeschynite-(Nd) grains between Nioboaeschynite-(Ce) on matrix from the Type locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aeschynite-(Nd)

Formula: 
(Nd,Ce,Ca)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6
Strunz: 
4.DF.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
East Mine, Bayan Obo deposit (Bayun-Obo deposit; Baiyunebo deposit), Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo Mining District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,Ca,Th)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)6
Strunz: 
4.DF.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
brown
Type Locality: 
Vishnevye Mts (Vishnyovye; Cherry), Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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