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Gadolinite-(Y)

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Gadolinite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Igletjødn Feldspar Quarry, Hæstad, Hidra, Flekkefjord, Agder, Norway
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.8 × 1.6 × 1.2 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.20cm
Description

A group of sharp gadolinite Y crystals with many faces is set on quartz. From the Igletjern feldspar quarry on the island of Hidra (formely called Hitterø) where pegmatites were mined until the beginning of the last century.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gadolinite-(Y)

Formula: 
Y2Fe2+Be2Si2O10
Strunz: 
9.AJ.20
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
6.5 - 7.0
Type Locality: 
Ytterby, Resarö, Vaxholm, Uppland, Sweden

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