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Synchysite-(Ce)

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Synchysite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Wanni Glacier, Monte Cervandone, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
2.5 × 4.5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.33cm
Description

A prismatic, biterminated, vividly orange-coloured crystal of synchisite (3.3 mm) on gneiss matrix. Some tabular crystals of biotite are grown on the synchisite. The pictures show both sides of the crystal and the two terminations.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Synchysite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ca(Ce,La)(CO3)2F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20c
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
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