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Vitusite-(Ce)

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Vitusite-(Ce)

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozero Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russian Federation
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2 × 1.5 × 0.5 cm
Description

Pale pink crystals of the rare mineral vitusite-(Ce) from the cotype locality in Karnasurt.

Outstanding specimen for the species.

Ex.Dr Hartel collection.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Vitusite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Na3(Ce,La,Nd)(PO4)2
Strunz: 
8.AC.35
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
4.5
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drill Core 39, Kvanefjeld Uranium deposit, Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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