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Daqingshanite-(Ce)

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Daqingshanite-(Ce)

Laszlo Horvath collection
Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Québec, Canada
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm
Description

You are bidding on a small thumbnail sample with more than a dozen, tiny triangular crystals of extremely rare daqingshanite-Ce crystals in a vug. Bears a Horvath collection label. Very very rich!

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Daqingshanite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Sr,Ca,Ba)3(Ce,La)(CO3)3-x(PO4)(OH,F)2x
Strunz: 
5.BF.15
Crystal System: 
Trigonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Bayan Obo deposit (Bayun-Obo deposit; Baiyunebo deposit), Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo Mining District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

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