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Tadzhikite-(Y)

System:MonoclinicColour:Yellowish-brown to tan, ...
Lustre:VitreousHardness:6
Name:Named after its discovery locality.
Synonym of:Tadzhikite-(Ce)


Misnomer for tadzhikite-(Ce), since Ce is the dominant REE, not Y (Oberti et al., 2002).

Originally reported from Dara-i-Pioz Glacier, Alayskiy (Alai) Range, Tien Shan Mts, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan.

References for Tadzhikite-(Y)

Reference List:Efimov, Dusmatov, Alkhazov, Pudovkina, Kazakova (1970) Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR: 195: 1190-1193.

Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, Earth Science Sections: 195: 136-139.

Transactions (Doklady) of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Earth Science Sections (1970): 195: 136.

American Mineralogist (1971): 56: 1838.

Soviet Physics, Doklady (1982): 27: 367.

American Mineralogist (1987): 72: 1031.

Canadian Mineralogist (1998): 36: 817-822.

Canadian Mineralogist (1999): 37: 1369.

American Mineralogist (1999): 84: 913-921.

Oberti, R., Della Ventura, G., Ottolini, L., Hawthorne, F.C., Bonazzi, P. (2002): American Mineralogist, 87, 745-752.

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    Localities for Tadzhikite-(Y)

    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Tajikistan
     
    • Region of Republican Subordination
      • Tien Shan Mts
        • Alayskiy (Alai) Range
    		http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~w.steffens/dara.htm (but certainly Ce-dominant)
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