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Euxenite-(Y)

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Euxenite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Lindvikskollen Quarry, Kragerø, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
5 × 4.5 × 2.7 cm
Description

Black intergrown euxenite-Y crystals in matrix from an old find in Norway.

Ex Schmidt collection and label - acollected 1953

Ex Wolfgang Schneider collection and label.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Euxenite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ti,Ta)2O6
Strunz: 
4.DG.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.5
Type Locality: 
Undisclosed pegmatite, Jølster, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway