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Britholite-(Ce)

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Britholite-(Ce)

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Description
Locality: 
Bjørndalen Quarry, Tvedalen, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
4.6 × 3.6 × 2 cm
Description

A brownish 0.7 cm crystal of britholite-(Ce), probably an alteration product of apatite, is embedded in lightgrey feldspar. Specimen from the Langesundsfjord-Larvikite Region in Southern Norway. Collected in 1992.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Britholite-(Ce)

Formula: 
Ca2(Ce,Ca)3(SiO4,PO4)3(OH,F)
Strunz: 
9.AH.25
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
5.5
Type Locality: 
Naujakasik (Naajakasik), Tunulliarfik Fjord (Tunugdliarfik), Ilímaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland

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