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Fluorbritholite-(Y)

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Vyuntspakhk Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
© Pavel M. Kartashov

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Formula:
Ca
 
2
(Y,Ca,Ln)
 
3
(SiO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)
 
3
(F,OH)
System:Hexagonal
Member of:Britholite Group > Apatite Supergroup
Isostructural with:Britholite-(Y), Fluorbritholite-(Ce), Fluorcalciobritholite


Apatite Group. Britholite Group.

Classification of Fluorbritholite-(Y)

IMA status:Approved 2009
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:9.AH.25

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
A : Nesosilicates
H : Nesosilicates with CO3, SO4, PO4, etc.
Dana 8th edition ID:52.4.12.8

52 : NESOSILICATES Insular SiO4 Groups and O,OH,F,H2O
4 : Insular SiO4 Groups and O, OH, F, and H2O with cations in [6] and/or >[6] coordination
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Type Occurrence of Fluorbritholite-(Y)

Co-type Localities:Kråkmo, Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway
Lagmannsvik, Hamarøy, Nordland, Norway
Vyuntspakhk Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

Crystallography of Fluorbritholite-(Y)

Crystal System:Hexagonal
Class (H-M):6/m - Dipyramidal
Space Group:P63/m
Cell Parameters:a = 9.4437(2) Å, c = 6.8192(2) Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 0.722
Unit Cell Volume:V 526.68 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
4.104 (27)
3.160 (27)
3.102 (29)
2.826 (100)
2.775 (58)
2.737 (46)
1.948 (25)
1.839 (28)

Chemical Properties of Fluorbritholite-(Y)

Formula:
Ca
 
2
(Y,Ca,Ln)
 
3
(SiO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)
 
3
(F,OH)
Essential elements:Ca, F, O, Si, Y
All elements listed in formula:Ca, F, H, O, P, Si, Y

Relationship of Fluorbritholite-(Y) to other Species

Member of:Britholite Group > Apatite Supergroup
Other Members of Group:

- +
Britholite-(Ce)
Ca
 
2
(Ce,Ca)
 
3
(SiO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)
 
3
(OH,F)
Britholite-(La)
Britholite-(Y)
Ca
 
2
(Y,Ca)
 
3
(SiO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)
 
3
(OH,F)
Fluorbritholite-(Ce)
Ca
 
2
(Ce,Ca)
 
3
(SiO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)
 
3
(F,OH)
Fluorcalciobritholite
(Ca,Ce)
 
5
 (SiO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)
 
3
F
Tritomite-(Ce)
(Ce,La,Y,Th)
 
5
(Si,B)
 
3
(O,OH,F)
 
13
Tritomite-(Y)
(Y,Ca,La,Fe)
 
5
(Si,B,Al)
 
3
(O,OH,F)
 
13
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
9.AH.05Iimoriite-(Y)
Y
 
2
[SiO
 
4
][CO
 
3
]
9.AH.10Tundrite-(Ce)
Na
 
2
Ce
 
2
Ti(SiO
 
4
)(CO
 
3
)
 
2
O
 
2
9.AH.10Tundrite-(Nd)
Na
 
3
(Nd,La)
 
4
(Ti,Nb)
 
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
(CO
 
3
)
 
3
O
 
4
(OH) · 2H
 
2
O
9.AH.15Spurrite
Ca
 
5
(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
(CO
 
3
)
9.AH.20Ternesite
Ca
 
5
(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
(SO
 
4
)
9.AH.25Britholite-(Ce)
Ca
 
2
(Ce,Ca)
 
3
(SiO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)
 
3
(OH,F)
9.AH.25Britholite-(Y)
Ca
 
2
(Y,Ca)
 
3
(SiO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)
 
3
(OH,F)
9.AH.25Ellestadite-(Cl)
Ca
 
10
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
(SO
 
4
)
 
3
Cl
 
2
9.AH.25Fluorbritholite-(Ce)
Ca
 
2
(Ce,Ca)
 
3
(SiO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)
 
3
(F,OH)
9.AH.25Fluorellestadite
Ca
 
5
(SiO
 
4
)
 
1.5
(SO
 
4
)
 
1.5
F
9.AH.25Hydroxylellestadite
Ca
 
5
(SiO
 
4
)
 
1.5
(SO
 
4
)
 
1.5
(OH)
9.AH.25Mattheddleite
Pb
 
5
(SiO
 
4
)
 
1.5
(SO
 
4
)
 
1.5
(Cl,OH)
9.AH.25Tritomite-(Ce)
(Ce,La,Y,Th)
 
5
(Si,B)
 
3
(O,OH,F)
 
13
9.AH.25Tritomite-(Y)
(Y,Ca,La,Fe)
 
5
(Si,B,Al)
 
3
(O,OH,F)
 
13
9.AH.25Fluorcalciobritholite
(Ca,Ce)
 
5
 (SiO
 
4
,PO
 
4
)
 
3
F

Other Names for Fluorbritholite-(Y)

Synonyms:
IMA2009-005
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Other Information

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References for Fluorbritholite-(Y)

Reference List:

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Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Chukanov, N.V., Husdal, T.A., Zadov, A.E., Pushcharovsky, D.Yu. (2011): Fluorbritholite-(Y), (Y,Ca,Ln)5[(Si,P)O4]3 F, a new mineral of the britholite group. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 188, 191-197

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    • Localities for Fluorbritholite-(Y)

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    Norway
     
    • Nordland
      • Hamarøy
    		Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Chukanov, N.V., Husdal, T.A., Zadov, A.E., Pushcharovsky, D.Yu. (2011): Fluorbritholite-(Y), (Y,Ca,Ln)5[(Si,P)O4]3 F, a new mineral of the britholite group. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 188, 191-197
    Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Chukanov, N.V., Husdal, T.A., Zadov, A.E., Pushcharovsky, D.Yu. (2011): Fluorbritholite-(Y), (Y,Ca,Ln)5[(Si,P)O4]3 F, a new mineral of the britholite group. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 188, 191-197
    Russia
     
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Western Keivy Massif
    		Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 188, 191-197 (2011)
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