Allanite-(Ce)
Marble quarries, Kilchrist, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Eilean á Chèo, Highland, Scotland, UK
Bladed crystals to 1mm on clinochlore coated biotite. From the granite surounding the marble. The allenite from the granite was at first Identified as Y rich. And has now been shown to be Ce rich by Pavel Kartashov. Main portion of the agregate is represented by early, high-temperature, Mg- and Ti-rich and completely Y-free mineral with ...
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