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Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)

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Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Manjaka, Sahatany Valley, Ibity, Antsirabe II, Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.1 × 0.6 cm
Description

Greenish crystal aggregates of nioboaeschynite-(Ce) from Madagascar in a locality still not uploaded to Mindat.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,Ca,Th)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)6
Strunz: 
4.DF.05
Hardness: 
5.5
Streak: 
brown
Type Locality: 
Vishnevye Mts (Vishnyovye; Cherry), Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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