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Euxenite-(Y)

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Euxenite-(Y)

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Caterpillar Tractor Testing Grounds, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm
Description

An old specimen of euxenite from the Caterpillar corporation proving grounds, discovered while testing the earth movers.   These specimens have not been produced in decades.   

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Euxenite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ti,Ta)2O6
Strunz: 
4.DG.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Undisclosed pegmatite, Jølster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

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