Fluorbritholite-(Ce), Basnasitej-(Ce), Allanite-(Ce)
collected by Philip M. Persson 2010
Mine: Rusty Gold prospect
County: near Jamestown
Location: near Jamestown
Dimensions: 2 3/4" x 1 7/8" x 1 3/8" [70 x 50 x 37mm]
Mineral: Fluorbritholite-(Ce)
Cherty looking brownish massive fluorbritholite-(Ce) with basnasite-(Ce) and inclusions of yttrofluorite, quartz, and Pb-rich uraninite and thorite, with black rims of allanite-(Ce). This material was originally described as cerite-(Ce), but was recently re-analysed by P.M. Kartashov, a Moscow rare earth mineralogist. This is the first reported occurrence of fluorbritholite-(Ce) in the U.S. Reference # 557.
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