Quartz quarry active from the 17th century, later feldspar quarry, in granite pegmatite. Most of the rare earth elements were discovered in gadolinite from Ytterby. Has given name to Ytterbium, Yttrium, Terbium, Erbium. Other elements discovered here: Gadolinium, Holmium, Thulium, Scandium, Lutetium, Tantalum.
NB: Prohibited to collect at this historical site by Swedish law since middle of the 1970s!
49 entries listed. 36 valid minerals. 3 type localities (valid minerals).
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- Klaproth, M.H. (1802): Chemische Untersuchung des Gadolinits, Beiträge zur chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, Dritter Band, Rottmann Berlin, 52-79.
- Nordenskiöld, I. (1908): Der Pegmatit von Ytterby. Bull. Geol. Inst., Univ. Upsala 9, 183-228.
- Mason, B. (1971): Ytterby, Sweden: a classic mineral locality, Mineralogical Record, 2(3), 136-138.
Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Kuriyama, Junko, and Naki, Izumi, 1993,
The redefinition of tengerite- (Y) , Y2(CO3)3.2-3H2O, and its crystal structure, American Mineralogist, 78: 425-432.
- Langhof, J. (1996): Thortveitite from granitic NYF pegmatites in Sweden. Geologiska Föreningens I Stockholm Förhandlinger 118, A54
- Kjellman et al. (1999): Diversified NYF pegmatite populations of the Swedish Proterozoic: outline of a comparative study, Canadian Mineralogist 37, 832-833.
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