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Batievaite-(Y)

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Batievaite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Combination
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.5 × 1 cm
Description

light beige glassy needle-like crystal aggregates, as a zonal outer zone around grey-brown glassy Rinkite (Y) crystals, grown in red eudialyte

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Batievaite-(Y)

Formula: 
Y2Ca2Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)4
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
5 - 5½
Colour: 
Pale cream
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Sakharjok Massif (Sakhariok Massif; Sakharjok deposit), Murmansk Oblast, Russia