Lanthanite

Origin: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Lou Perloff

Photo-Atlas of Minerals

 

Colourless crystals of lanthanite-(Ce)
Origin: Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Västmanland, Sweden
Picture size: 5 mm
Owner: Thomas Witzke
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Thomas Witzke

Institut für Mineralogie und Lagerstättenlehre
Aachen, Germany

 

Microsized gray to light pink crystals together with cerite
Origin: Basnaes mine, Riddarhyttan, Vastmanland, Sweden
Sample size: 4 x 4 x 3 cm
 
  
Origin: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil (type locality)
Sample size: 4 x 2 x 2 cm
 

Photo courtesy of: 

Tom Loomis

Dakota Matrix Minerals

 

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