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Davidite

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Crocker Well, Mount Victor Plumbago Station, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.3 × 1.2 cm
Description

A  rough single crystal that has been weathered out of its host rock. The area is famous for these type of crystals and were noted early last century by Antarctic geologist and explorer Sir Douglas Mawson.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Davidite

Synonym Of: 

Davidite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La)(Y,U,Fe)(Ti,Fe)20(O,OH)38
Strunz: 
4.CC.40
Hardness: 
6.0

Davidite-(La)

Formula: 
(La,Ce)(Y,U,Fe)(Ti,Fe)20(O,OH)38
Strunz: 
4.CC.40
Hardness: 
6.0

Gramaccioliite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Pb,Sr)(Y,Mn)Fe3+2(Ti,Fe3+)18O38
Strunz: 
4.CC.40
Hardness: 
6.0 - 0.0
Group Parent: 
Crichtonite Group
Gondwana Minerals