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Xenotime-(Y) & Gadolinite

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Xenotime-(Y) & Gadolinite

With Antique Label

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Description
Locality: 
Sri Lanka
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.4 × 1.1 × 1 cm
Description

Xenotime-(Y) & Gadolinite 14x11x10 Sri Lanka

A glass container with two eroded pieces of gadolinite with xenotime included in the cracks. With an old label, Ex. Ennio Contarini specimen. Dimensions are those of the biggest piece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xenotime-(Y)

Formula: 
Y(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway

Gadolinite

Synonym Of: 

Gadolinite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Nd,Y)2Fe2+Be2Si2O10
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0

Gadolinite-(Y)

Formula: 
Y2Fe2+Be2Si2O10
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0

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