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Gagarinite-(Y)

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Gagarinite-(Y)

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Description
Locality: 
Gjerdingselva, Nordmarka, Lunner, Viken, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.6 × 2 × 1 cm
Description

Pale pink gagarinite-Y from Gjerdingselva, which produced probably the most aesthetic specimens. The image of the main crystal is a little bit under-saturated in colour. 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Gagarinite-(Y)

Formula: 
NaCaYF6
Strunz: 
3.AB.35
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Verkhnee Espe Massif (Verkhnee Espe deposit), Akzhaylyautas Mts (Akzhailyautas Mts; Akjaylautas Mts; Akzhalautas Mts), Tarbagatai Range, Eastern Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast'), Kazakhstan...