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Bastnäsite
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Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Zagi Mountain (Zegi Mountain; "Shinwaro"), Hameed Abad Kafoor Dheri, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North-West Frontier Province), Pakistan
© C.Mercer
| Lustre: | Vitreous | ||
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| Bastnäsite-(Ce), Bastnäsite-(La), Bastnäsite-(Nd) , Bastnäsite-(Y) | |||
Name used for F-dominant members of the Bastnäsite Group for which the dominant REE element is not known.
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| Lustre: | Vitreous | |||||||||
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| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. | |||||||||
References for Bastnäsite | ||||||||||
| Reference List: - + | Hisinger (1838) Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, Stockholm, Handlingar, Öfv: 189 (as Basiskfluor-cerium). Huot, J.J. (1841) Manuel de Minéralogie. 2 volumes, Paris: 1: 296. Nordenskiöld (1868) Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, Stockholm, Handlingar, Öfv: 25: 39 (as Hamartite). Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II: Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 289-291. | |||||||||
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