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Cervandonite-(Ce)

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Cervandonite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Wanni Glacier, Monte Cervandone, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
5.2 × 8 × 7.5 cm
Weight: 
260.00gr
Description

At least 15 rosettes of cervandonite-(Ce), up to 2 mm across, can be counted on this major specimen from the impervious Alpine area where it was originally discovered. A complex silico-arsenite of cerium and iron, cevandonite-(Ce) is a typical product of the unique Cervandone geochemical environment. Tight rosettes of tabular black crystals are arranged in a typical saddle-shaped way on gneiss rock.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cervandonite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,Nd,La)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Ti,Al)3O2(Si2O7)(As3+O3)(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BE.92
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Cervandone (Scherbadung; Cherbadung), Devero Alp, Baceno, Devero Valley, Antigorio Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

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We offer rare minerals to systematic collectors worldwide, doing our best to ensure accurate identification and provide adequate information and pictures.

Through extensive field search and contacts with trusted sources, we manage to provide the best in newly found species and classic type-locality minerals. Should your item prove to be different we offer an immediate refund of purchase.

Items may be returned within 15 days of receipt, please note that return costs are at customer's expense. We will issue refund as soon as we receive the item in unaltered condition.

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Alternatively we accept bank transfer to: Roberto Bracco - bank: Intesa Sanpaolo - via Paleocapa 134/R - 17100 Savona, Italy.

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To contact us and ask questions about items on sale, please e-mail to: [email protected]  - phone: +39.3381058295. Returned items should be sent to: Roberto Bracco, piazza Monticello 12/2, 17100 Savona, Italy