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Aeschynite-(Y)

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MCH149219

Aeschynite-(Y)

Radioactive

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Description
Locality: 
Kabuland Quarries, Iveland, Agder, Norway
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6 × 6 × 5.5 cm
Largest Crystal: 
5.00cm
Description

A superb classic: a big tabular Aeschynite-Y crystal with an edge length of 4.5 cm and a thickness of 1.2 cm! Some matrix of feldspar with several additional ingrown aeschynite crystals. Specimen is from the Kåbuland 1 pegmatite (Amerika).

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Aeschynite-(Y)

Formula: 
(Y,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6
Strunz: 
4.DF.05
Crystal System: 
Orthorhombic
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Urstad Feldspar Mine, Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway

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