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Anatase Synchysite-(Ce) & Parisite-(Ce)

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Anatase Synchysite-(Ce) & Parisite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Solumsåsen Quarry, Holmestrand, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.2 × 2.5 × 1.8 cm
Description

Very nice anatase sample!

Lots of yellowish brown crystals associated to yellowish aggregate of platy Parisite-(Ce)/synchysite-(Ce) crystals [syntactic intergrowths of parisite-(Ce) with synchysite-(Ce) ] on albite.

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

Anatase

Formula: 
TiO2
Strunz: 
4.DD.05
Hardness: 
5.5 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
St Christophe-en-Oisans, Bourg d'Oisans, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France...

Synchysite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ca(Ce,La)(CO3)2F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20c
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Narsaarsuk pegmatite (Narssârssuk pegmatite), Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

Parisite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ca(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2
Strunz: 
5.BD.20b
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.5
Type Locality: 
Mun. de Muzo, Vasquez-Yacopí Mining District, Boyacá Department, Colombia