“This bright grain of a (Y,Ca,Ce,Nd,La,Fe,Cr)-phosphate with a metal:P ratio of 1:1 and trace amounts of Yb, Dy and As is either an impure xenotime-(Y) (if tetragonal) or an impure „monazite-(Y)“ (if monoclinic). The matrix is Fe- and Cr-rich spinel.
SEM photo.
This polished section was described in:
Kolitsch, U. (2015): 1937) Amesit(?), Baryt, Bornit, Chalkopyrit, Chromit, Hercynit, Hollingworthit, Ilmenit, Irarsit, Klinochlor, Laurit, Magnetit, Millerit, Pentlandit, Polydymit, Pyrit, Pyrrhotin, Rutil, Sperrylith, Spinell, Violarit und Xenotim-(Y)(?) von Wolfsbach im nördlichen Waldviertel, Niederösterreich. Pp. 246-249 in Niedermayr, G. et al. (2015): Neue Mineralfunde aus Österreich LXIV. Carinthia II, 205./125., 207-280.”
Uwe Kolitsch - 18th September 2015