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Bastnäsite-(Ce) & Ilmenite

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Bastnäsite-(Ce) & Ilmenite

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Description
Locality: 
Água de Alto, Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel Island, Azores District, Portugal
Class: 
Crystal Group/Cluster
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
1.5 × 2.2 × 1.9 cm
Description

Nice pale yellow bastnaesite-(Ce) crystals associated to ilmenite.

Collected: 
2023
Boxed with Label
Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Bastnäsite-(Ce)

Formula: 
(Ce,La)(CO3)F
Strunz: 
5.BD.20a
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
4.0 - 4.5
Type Locality: 
Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden

Ilmenite

Formula: 
Fe2+TiO3
Strunz: 
4.CB.05
Crystal System: 
Trigonal - Rhombohedral
Hardness: 
5.0 - 6.0
Type Locality: 
Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia...