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Limoriite - (Y)

Y2 [CO3/SiO4]

Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Occitanie, France.

Limoriite-Y crystal in yellow colour with typical striping at high gloss surface. Former called "Mineral T1", later confirmed as new "Yttrium Carbonate Silicate" by Dr. Deliens in France and Dr. G. Gebhard an P. Gatel in Germany). On surface together with small cubic Pyrite crystals. 

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