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Gadolinite

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Gadolinite

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Description
Locality: 
Klauvreid Quarries, Tokke, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 8 × 5 cm
Description

Brown to black gadolinite, minor greenish translucent in pegmatic matrix. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

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