Euxenite-Y

specimen number:
2062695

location:
Iveland, Agder, Norway

description:
A sharp freestanding terminated crystal 1.1 cm in height coming off matrix. Very choice for the species. In great condition.

Iveland is a municipality in Agder county, Norway, renowned for its rugged landscape and rich concentration of complex granite pegmatites that have yielded over a hundred distinct mineral species. Among these notable discoveries is euxenite, a brownish-black multiple oxide mineral that frequently crystallizes within the region's coarse-grained pegmatite bodies. Valued by collectors and researchers alike, this mineral acts as a natural host for rare earth elements, often occurring as stout prismatic crystals embedded directly within the local quartz and feldspar matrices.

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