A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Gadolinite from Hitterbo, Norway |
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| Description | Gadolinite is a yttrium iron beryllium silicate that also contains significant amounts of cerium, lanthanum, and neodynium. Its formula is (Ce,La,Nd,Y)2FeBe2Si2O10. This sample is black and vitreous, but some gadolinite has a green or blue color. Gadolinite occurs in alkalic pegmatites and granites. This sample, from Hitterbo, Norway, is about 5 cm across. |
| Location | Norway. Near Hitterbo. |
| Photographer | Shannon Heinle. 2001-03-26. |
| Collection | University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection #1223. |
| Key words | gadolinite, Norway |
| Tech details | 341 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 270 |
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