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Aeschynite-(Y)

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Aeschynite-(Y)

Blomstrandine

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Description
Locality: 
Iveland, Agder, Norway
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.8 × 2 × 0.9 cm
Largest Crystal: 
2.00cm
Description

Exceptional isolated crystal of aeschinite-(Y) (blomstrandine). Good crystal faces on 5 sides and a fracture on the downside showing the black inside. From my systematic collection, by exchange from F. Blatter in the 1970s.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aeschynite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6
Strunz: 
4.DF.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Urstad Feldspar Mine, Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway

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