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Monazite-(Ce)

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Monazite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Betafo, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 2.4 × 1.4 cm
Description

Very good, old, huge and well-formed monazite-(Ce) crystal-aggregate. The crystal-aggregate measures 2.5 cm in lengh!

Comes with an old collection-lable from the COMPTOIR CENTRAL D’HISTOIRE NATURELLE (N. Boubee, Naturaliste-Mineralogiste, Paris) as shown. Rarely offered with an old collection-lable.

From the collection of Luc VANDENBERGHE, longtime mindat member and famous Belgian u-mineral collector. Specimen of a very well kept collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Nd,Th)(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.50
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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