Xenotime-(Y) (2008 find)

Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
Thumbnail, 2.2 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
Start Time: 12/08/2016 6:30:00 pm (CST)
End Time: 12/15/2016 6:30:00 pm (CST)
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Item Description

Two, highly lustrous, sharply terminated, tetragonal chocolate-brown xenotime-(Y) crystals in parallel-growth form a shapely and excellent 360-degree thumbnail from the well-known 2008 find. Xenotime-(Y), a REE phosphate, is isostructural with zircon. All sides show flashes of pretty golden-yellow color. A choice and pristine example of the species and find.

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