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Thortveitite from
New Caledonia

Description
Comments:	Found as inclusion in recrystallized zircon grains in a phengite-epidote-chlorite schist in the north-eastern New Caledonia.
Quality of samples:	not specified / average specimens
Confirmation
Validity:	Believed Valid
References
References:	Spandler, C.; Hermann, J. and Rubatto, R. (2004) : Exsolution of thortveitite, yttrialite, and xenotime during low-temperature recrystallization of zircon from New Caledonia, and their significance for trace element incorporation in zircon. American Mineralogist 89: 1795-1806
Data
Mineral Data:	Click here to view Thortveitite data
Locality Data:	Click here to view New Caledonia

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