Mineral Reference Lookup for
GADOLINITE-
This reference page contains
mineralogic data for GADOLINITE- and folklore and metaphysical
beliefs. If the mineral is an alternate naming of a more common name,
the more common mineral's data is displayed below the list of
synonyms.
Minerals matching GADOLINITE- in the database:
Mineralogical Reference | GADOLINITE-
| Mineral | GADOLINITE- | | Color | includes black , Greenish -black or Green . | | Luster | vitreous to pitchy if black. | | CrystalSystem | monoclinic; 2/m | | CrystalHabits | include massive or embedded, also prismatic crystals with nearly diamond-shaped cross-sections and slanted dome terminations. | | Cleavage | indistinct. | | Fracture | indistinct. | | Hardness | 6.5 - 7 | | SpecificGravity | 4.0 - 4.7 (heavy for non-metallic minerals). | | Streak | green to gray-green. | | AssociatedMinerals | include xenotime, synchysite, aeschynite, monazite, fluorite, allanite and some feldspars. | | Characteristics | Index of refraction equals 1.79. | | Occurences | include the type locality for gadolinite-(Y) at Kopparberg, Sweden and for gadolinite-(Ce) in the Oslo region of Norway.Gadolinite in general is found as well in China; Kola Peninsula, Russia; Austria;Arizona and Colorado, USA and Switzerland among others. | | Indicators | crystal habit, lack of good cleavage, streak, density, pitchy luster when opaque, hardness and color. | | DensityNote | heavy for non-metallic minerals | | |
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