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Samarskite-(Y) Mineral | 3.4 grams | South Platte Pegmatite Mining District | Jefferson County, Colorado, USA Sodalite 1963 as a brilliant fireball

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Description

1963 as a brilliant fireball exploded over rural Alberta Canada near the Peace River

Found in Orford Nickel mine

This optical phenomenon adds to its visual interest

Displays nicely with a ground and rough polished without a mirror finish

89 million years ago when a meteorite crashed into the earth making a round crater which is now a lake about 11 miles wide

Samarskite-(Y) Mineral | 3.4 grams | South Platte Pegmatite Mining District | Jefferson County, Colorado, USA Sodalite 1963 as a brilliant fireballSamarskite is a radioactive rare earth mineral. Samarskite crystallizes in the orthorhombic dipyramidal class as black to yellowish brown stubby prisms although it is typically found as anhedral masses. Specimens with a high uranium content are typically metamict and appear coated with a yellow brown earthy rind. Samarskite (Y) is rich in rare earth elements (REEs), niobium (Nb), and tantalum (Ta)all of which are valuable in advanced electronics,

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