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Xenotime
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Xenotime-(Y)
Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France
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| Name: | From the Greek κευός = "vain" and τιμή = "honor," in allusion to the fact that the yttrium in it was mistaken for a new element. | ||
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| Xenotime-(Y), Xenotime-(Yb) | |||
The traditional name for this species, almost exclusively referring to xenotime-(Y) (the species xenotime-(Yb) is very rare).
The X-ray powder diffraction pattern is similar to that of atelisite-(Y).
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Classification of Xenotime | |
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Other Information | |
| Health Warning: | No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care. |
References for Xenotime | |
| Reference List: - + | Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 688-691. |
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