| Locality type: | Pegmatite |
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| Species: | Xenotime-(Yb) |
| Formula: | Yb(PO4) |
| Comments: | Found as radioactive 1-3 cm nodules and 3-10 mm crystals at quartz-blocky microcline contacts and in orange clay-filled pockets near these zones. |
| Habit: | Massive, Tetragonal Bipyramidal |
| Colour: | gray, black |
| Luminescent properties: | None |
| Quality for species: | Good crystals or rich for species - important (!) |
| Confirmation |
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| Validity: | Confirmed |
| Confirmation Methods: | SEM-EDS |
| Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: |
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| Monazite-(Ce) | β2 photos of Xenotime-(Yb) associated with Monazite-(Ce) at this locality. |
| Muscovite | β2 photos of Xenotime-(Yb) associated with Muscovite at this locality. |
| Uraninite | β1 photo of Xenotime-(Yb) associated with Uraninite at this locality. |
| Uranophane | β1 photo of Xenotime-(Yb) associated with Uranophane at this locality. |
| Hafnian Zircon | 1 photo of Xenotime-(Yb) associated with Hafnian Zircon at this locality. |
| Data |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Xenotime-(Yb) data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Cactus Jack pegmatite, Burnet County, Texas, USA |
| Data Identifiers |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 506945 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:506945:3 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | eaa1f8df-38f9-4848-8f83-79b48083953c |
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