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Synchysite-(Y)

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Synchysite-(Y)

rare mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3 × 2 × 1.8 cm
Description

Some pink, platy, hexagonal crystals of synchisite Y on allbite and quartz

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Synchysite-(Y)

Formula: 
Ca(Y,Ce)(CO3)2F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20c
Hardness: 
6.0 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Scrub Oak Mine (Replogle Mine), Mine Hill Borough, Morris Co., New Jersey, USA