bastnasite

Name:

bastnasite (bastnaesite)

A photo of the mineral bastnasite

Class:

Carbonates

Chemistry:

Y (CO3) F

Color(s):

yellow, yellow-brown, reddish-brown streak: white

Hardness:

4.0 - 4.5

SpecGrav:

4.9 - 5.0

Fracture:

Cleavage:

imperfect

Crystal:

hexagonal - often prismatic

Envronment:

Association:

Locals:

| N.M., USA | Sweden |

Misc:

Named as the Y end member from the Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan, Vastmanland, Sweden. There are three minerals that make up the group Y, Ce, and La.

Photos
& Locals:

1.) Red Cloud Fluorite mine, Gallinas Mts., Lincoln Co., New Mexico
2.) Red Cloud Fluorite mine, Gallinas Mts., Lincoln Co., New Mexico

3.) Red Cloud Fluorite mine, Gallinas Mts., Lincoln Co., New Mexico
4.) Red Cloud Fluorite mine, Gallinas Mts., Lincoln Co., New Mexico

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Name:	bastnasite (bastnaesite)
Class:	Carbonates
Chemistry:	Y (CO3) F
Color(s):	yellow, yellow-brown, reddish-brown streak: white
Hardness:	4.0 - 4.5	SpecGrav:	4.9 - 5.0
Fracture:		Cleavage:	imperfect
Crystal:	hexagonal - often prismatic
Envronment:
Association:
Locals:	\| N.M., USA \| Sweden \|
Misc:	Named as the Y end member from the Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan, Vastmanland, Sweden. There are three minerals that make up the group Y, Ce, and La.

	Photos & Locals:
		1.) Red Cloud Fluorite mine, Gallinas Mts., Lincoln Co., New Mexico 2.) Red Cloud Fluorite mine, Gallinas Mts., Lincoln Co., New Mexico		3.) Red Cloud Fluorite mine, Gallinas Mts., Lincoln Co., New Mexico 4.) Red Cloud Fluorite mine, Gallinas Mts., Lincoln Co., New Mexico

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