Moving mountains for you
Switch currency

Current Live Auctions

Current Live Fixed Price Sales

Allanite-(Ce)

Views:
Watches:
CLB633788

Allanite-(Ce)

Classic Locality

Description Tabs

Description
Locality: 
Wingertsberg, Niedermendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.5 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.40cm
Description

Glossy black allanite-(ce) crystals up to 0.4 cm on matrix with colorless sanidine and/or other mineral(s).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Allanite-(Ce)

Formula: 
{CaCe}{Al2Fe2+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BG.05b
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Qáqarssuatsiaq, Aluk Island, Kap Farvel, Kujalleq, Greenland

Seller Information

Payment options: offline, paypal_wpp, paypal_wps