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Allanite-(Ce)
- Mary Kathleen Mine, Mount Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia
- Small Cabinet, 6.0 x 6.0 x 2.4 cm
- Start Time: 06/20/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- End Time: 06/27/2013 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
- Auction Closed
Item Description
Allanite-(Ce) is a REE (cerium) member of the Epidote Group. Lustrous, black to gray tabular crystals to about 7 mm x 7 mm in a nifty jackstraw pattern are festooned on the front of matrix on this very rich and showy specimen. This older piece comes from a large open pit uranium mine, that was abandoned in about 1984. Comes with a Lidstrom's label dating to the 1960s or 70s.