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It was identified in 1839 by a German mineralogist and named in honor of the Russian Finance Minister George Kankrin (1774-1845). This stone is particular : it is a silicate but effervesces with acid because it contains carbonates.
It is known since antiquity, its name comes from the Greek “khalx” for lime. Identified and analyzed from the seventeenth century and then by Rene-Just Haüy to its easy cleavage. Called Iceland spar, the crystals exhibit the phenomenon of double images: a feature seen through
It takes its name from the mine Bastnas Riddarhyttan in Vastmanland in Sweden where it was discovered. There are three varieties of bastnaesite based on the predominant “rare earth element” (rare metallic chemical elements) in it. Here lanthanum is the dominating but also cerium can
