Gadolinite-(Y): Frikstad 07 Feldspar Quarry, Norway

Description

Species: Gadolinite -(Y)

Locality: Frikstad 07 Feldspar Quarry (Slobrekka Pegmatite), Frikstad, Iveland, Agder, Norway

Size: 13.7 x 9.6 x 5.8 cm. 1224 g.)

This is a very nice well-formed crystal of the unusual REE mineral gadolinite-(Y) from what is probably the world’s best locality for the species, the Slobrekka pegmatite in southern Norway’s famous Iveland Pegmatite District. Good crystals of this rare mineral have never been common, and I am proud to offer a hoard of these special rare earth element mineral specimens held back in a private Norwegian collection for many decades. Rare!!