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Vitusite-(Ce) from
Kvanefjeld tunnel, Kvanefjeld Uranium deposit, Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) plateau, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland



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Kvanefjeld tunnel, Kvanefjeld Uranium deposit, Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) plateau, Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland
© Knut Eldjarn
Description
Habit:isometric & tabular grains to 5mm in diameter; wellshaped crystals in vugs
Colour:dichroic: greenish brown in daylight, honey coloured in electric light
UV Fluorescence:weak lilac
Quality of samples:Good crystals or rich for species - important (!)
Rarity at site:Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
References
References:Pekov,I.V. & Ekimenkova, I.A. (2001): Two new rare-earth-rich mineral associations in the Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin 190, 143-144
Comments
Found in cavernous veinlets and vugs in ljuvraite (Pekov & Ekimenova 2001)
See also "erikite".
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