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Samarskite-(Y) with Columbite-(Fe) from Divino de Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil

 
Samarskite-(Y) with Columbite-(Fe) from Divino de Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Samarskite-(Y) with Columbite-(Fe) from Divino de Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil

DESCRIPTION:No. 45266
Mineral:Samarskite-(Y) with Columbite-(Fe)
Locality:Divino de Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description:Prismatic 17 mm samarskite-(Y) crystal with gray-brown metamict coating on the surfaces sandwiched between to dark metallic columbite crystals. On the bottom where the crystal is chipped unaltered black metallic samarskite-(Y) is visible. Radioactive.
Overall Size:20x18x7 mm
Crystals:15-17 mm
Archived: For reference only

 

 

 

 

 

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