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Decrespignyite-(Y) & Bastnäsite-(La)

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Decrespignyite-(Y) & Bastnäsite-(La)

Ex J & S Mommers Collection
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Description
Locality: 
Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
4.4 × 4.1 × 1.6 cm
Description

Turquoise blue descrespignyite (Y) richly covers the display face of this specimen and is complimented by pale blue globules of bastnäsite-(La)

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Decrespignyite-(Y)

Formula: 
Cu(Y,REE)4(CO3)4(OH)5Cl·2H2O
Strunz: 
5.CC.35
Hardness: 
4.0 - 0.0
Type Locality: 
Paratoo copper mine, Yunta, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia

Bastnäsite-(La)

Formula: 
(La,Ce)(CO3)F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Belaya Zima REE-Nb deposit, Eastern Sayan, Sayan Mts, Tuva Republic, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Earthstones Australia

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