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Huanghoite-(Ce)

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Huanghoite-(Ce)

Rare Mineral

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Description
Locality: 
Bayan Obo Deposit, Baotou League, Inner Mongolia, China (Peoples Republic)
Class: 
Single Crystal
Size Range: 
Micromount (under 1cm)
Size: 
0.1 × 0.1 × 0.1 cm
Description

Some pale brown crystal aggregates of the rare REE mineral huanghoite-(Ce) in a capsule from a locality in China, labeled Qinghau in the plastic box,that it is probably the TL in Bayan Obo. 

Ex Vandenbroucke Museum collection from Waregem, Belgium.

 

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Huanghoite-(Ce)

Formula: 
BaCe(CO3)2F
Strunz: 
5.BD.35
Hardness: 
0.0
Type Locality: 
Bayan Obo deposit (Bayun-Obo deposit; Baiyunebo deposit), Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo Mining District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China

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