Gadolinite

  

 

  

Origin: Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway
ex. Jean Behier collection

Sample size: 3 x 2 x 1.6 cm (top), 5.3 x 4.8 x 1.9 cm (bottom)

 

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Origin: Ytterby, Resarö, Sweden (type locality)

Sample size: 7.2 x 5 x 3 cm specimen of pegmatite with large grains of gadolinite-Y to 2 cm across (top), 2.7 x 2.1 x 1 cm (2nd/3rd row), 9 x 4 x 1.8 cm (4th/bottom row)

 

  

Origin: Frigstad, Iveland, Norway, Europe

Sample size: 2 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm

 

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Origin: Eas a Bradain, Luib, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, North West Highlands, Scotland, UK

Sample size: grey-green gadolinite-Y crystal 1 mm (with very dark brown allanite ?) (left),  1 mm crystal (right)

Owner: Steve Rust

 

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Black gadolinite-(Y) patches up to 5 mm across in matrix

Origin: Maguire Pegmatite, South Platte District, Colorado, U.S.A.

Sample size: 3 x 4 cm

 

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