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Paratooite-(La) & Paratooite-(La) Psm Bastnäsite

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Paratooite-(La) & Paratooite-(La) Psm Bastnäsite

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Description
Locality: 
Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 2.5 × 1.4 cm
Description

Silky blue paratooite crystals with tuffs with a bastnaesite Ce crystal completely repalcaed by paratooite, from the type locality

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Paratooite-(La)

Formula: 
(REE,Ca,Na,Sr)12Cu2(CO3)16
Strunz: 
5.AD.20
Hardness: 
0.0
Streak: 
Pale blue
Type Locality: 
Paratoo copper mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

Bastnäsite

Synonym Of: 

Bastnäsite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La)(CO3)F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20a
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

Bastnäsite-(La)

Formula: 
(La,Ce)(CO3)F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20a
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0

Bastnäsite-(Nd)

Formula: 
Nd(CO3)F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20a
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5

Bastnäsite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ce)(CO3)F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20a
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
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