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Deveroite-(Ce) & Cervandonite-(Ce)

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Deveroite-(Ce) & Cervandonite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Monte Cervandone Area, Devero Alp, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1 × 1.4 × 1.8 cm
Description

Deveroite (IMA 2013-003, Ce2(C2O4)3·10H2O), many white, acicular crystals, some arranged in tufts, on a black aggregate (~1.5mm) of cervandonite.
Very rich specimen of this ultra-rare mineral from the only locality worldwide.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Deveroite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ce2(C2O4)3·10H2O
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Mt Cervandone (Scherbadung; Cherbadung), Devero Alp, Baceno, Devero Valley, Antigorio Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Cervandonite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,Nd,La)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Ti,Al)3O2(Si2O7)(As3+O3)(OH)
Strunz: 
9.BE.92
Hardness: 
5.0
Type Locality: 
Mt Cervandone (Scherbadung; Cherbadung), Devero Alp, Baceno, Devero Valley, Antigorio Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
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