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Monazite-(Ce) & Riebeckite

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Monazite-(Ce) & Riebeckite

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Description
Locality: 
Zagi Mountain, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 7 × 5.1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.60cm
Description

A lustrous gemmy twinned crystal of orange monazite ce diverges from its base into two distinctly separate terminations. The crystal lies over fibrous silvery grey riebeckite with a mat-like structure.

Altogether an excellent monazite ce crystal and a very interesting specimen.

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...

Riebeckite

Formula: 
◻[Na2][Fe2+3Fe3+2]Si8O22(
Strunz: 
9.DE.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Socotra Island, Adan Governorate, Yemen
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