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Huanghoite-(Ce)

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Huanghoite-(Ce)

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Qaqqaarsuk, Maniitsoq, Maniitsoq Island, Qeqqata, Greenland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.7 × 1.2 × 0.6 cm
Description

Yellow crystal aggregates of the rare cerium mineral huanghoite-(Ce) from Greenland, associated to alstonite and ancylite-(Ce).

New locality for the mineral, still not uploaded to Mindat.

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Huanghoite-(Ce)

Formula: 
BaCe(CO3)2F
Strunz: 
5.BD.35
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Bayan Obo deposit (Bayun-Obo deposit; Baiyunebo deposit), Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo Mining District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

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