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Xenotime-(Y) & Monazite-(Ce)

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Xenotime-(Y) & Monazite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Lercheltini, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
10 × 7 × 4 cm
Largest Crystal: 
0.10cm
Description

Hello,

here are a auction with some speciems coming out from my collection.

On this speciem there are sitting a small yellow coloured crystal of Xenotime and some orange crystals of Monazite-(Ce) up to 1 mm diameter on matrix. Both crystals are marked on this speciem.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Xenotime-(Y)

Formula: 
Y(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.35
Crystal System: 
Tetragonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 5.0
Type Locality: 
Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway

Monazite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La,Nd,Th)(PO4)
Strunz: 
8.AD.50
Hardness: 
5.0 - 5.5
Type Locality: 
Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...

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