Bastnäsite (group)

Image

Specimen of Bastnäsite-(Ce) from Zagi Mountain, Pakistan. Picture width 5 mm.

© Photo by Christian Rewitzer (via Wikimedia Commons), CC-BY-SA 3.0

Properties

Members Thorbastnäsite, Bastnaesite, Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Nd), Hydroxylbastnäsite-(Ce), Bastnäsite, Hydroxylbastnäsite-(La)
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Crystal symmetry Hexagonal
Tags Group, Carbonate

Composition

H, Ca, O, F, La, Ce, C, Y, Nd, Th