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Samarskite-(Y)

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Samarskite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Arendal, Agder, Norway
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.4 × 1.9 × 1 cm
Description

Black samarskite-y

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Samarskite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Fe3+,Fe2+,U,Th,Ca)2(Nb,Ta)2O8
Strunz: 
4.DB.25
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Blyumovskaya Pit (Blum Pit; Pit No. 50), Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...