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Cerianite-(Ce)

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Cerianite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Água de Alto, Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel Island, Azores District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.9 × 2.3 × 2.2 cm
Description

Possibly the best sample of this rare find!!!

Interesting new find at São Miguel island, Azores!

Hexagonal Cerianite-(Ce), probably a pseudomorphose after bastnaesite-(Ce) (same as Haleniusite-(Ce)). 

Extremely rare at this locality.

SEM-EDS, sc-XRD and RAMAN analyzed.

Collected: 
2023
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Cerianite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce4+,Th)O2
Strunz: 
4.DL.05
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Dominion Gulf Company claims, Lackner Township, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada