Donnayite Group
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About Donnayite Group
Relationship of Donnayite Group to other Species
Group Members:
Donnayite-(Y) | NaCaSr3Y(CO3)6 · 3H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
Ewaldite | Ba(Na,Ca,Y,Ce,K)(CO3)2 · 2.6H2O | Hex. 6mm |
Mckelveyite-(Y) | NaCaBa3Y(CO3)6 · 3H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
UM1992-05-CO:CaCeLaNaSr | (Sr,Na,Y,REE,Ca,Ba)2(CO3)2 · H2O | Trig. 3m : R3m |
Weloganite | Na2Sr3Zr(CO3)6 · 3H2O | Tric. 1 : P1 |
Other Information
Health Risks:
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Localities for Donnayite Group
Locality List




All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Australia | |
| [Donnayite-(Y)] [C. Kovac, pers com] |
Austria | |
| [Donnayite-(Y)] Kolitsch, U. & Slama, M. (2016): Zur Mineralogie des niederösterreichischen Anteils des Semmering-Basistunnels: ein erster Bericht. Der Steirische Mineralog 31, 20-27 (in German). |
Bolivia | |
| [Donnayite-(Y)] A.R. Kampf |
Canada | |
| [Weloganite] Kyla M. Arden and Norman M. Halden (1999) Crystallization and alteration history of britholite in rare-earth-element-enriched pegmatitic segregations associated with the Eden Lake Complex, Manitoba, Canada Can Mineral, 37:1239-1253 |
| [Donnayite-(Y)] Chao, G.Y., Mainwaring, P.R., Baker, J. (1978), Donnayite, NaCaSr3Y(CO3)6 73H2O, a new mineral from Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec. Canadian Mineralogist: 16: 335-340. |
| [Donnayite-(Y)] HORVÁTH, L., PFENNINGER HORVÁTH, E., GAULT, R.A., and TARASSOFF, P. (1998) Mineralogy of the Saint Amable sill, Varennes and Saint Amable, Québec, Canada. Mineralogical Record, 29, 83 118. |
[Donnayite-(Y)] Horváth, L., Pfenninger-Horváth, E., Gault, R. A., & Tarassoff, P. (1998): Mineralogy of the Saint-Amable Sill, Varennes and Saint-Amable, Québec. Mineralogical Record, 29: 83-118. | |
| [Weloganite] SABINA, A.P., JAMBOR, J.L., and PLANT, A.G. (1968) Weloganite, a new strontium zirconium carbonate from Montreal Island, Canada. Canadian Mineralogist, 9, 468 477. TARASSOFF, P., HORVÁTH, L. and PFENNINGER-HORVÁTH, E. (2006) Famous mineral localities: the Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec. Mineralogical Record, 37, 5-60. |
| [Weloganite] TARASSOFF, P., HORVÁTH, L. and PFENNINGER-HORVÁTH, E. (2006) Famous mineral localities: the Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec. Mineralogical Record, 37, 5-60. Canadian Museum of Nature collection specimens. |
| [Ewaldite] Nadeau, O., Stevenson, R. and Jébrak, M. (2014) The geology, petrology and geochemistry of the Montviel alkaline-carbonatite hosted lanthanide-Nb ore deposit, Abitibi, Canada. Abstract with Program, GAC/MAC Annual meeting 2014. 1p. |
Denmark | |
| [Ewaldite] Petersen et al. (2003): N. Jb. Miner. Mh. 12: 543-555 |
Italy | |
| [Mckelveyite-(Y)] Demartin F., Gramaccioli C.M., Campostrini I., Diella V. (2008): Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 195-203. |
| [Mckelveyite-(Y)] Demartin, F., Gramaccioli, C.M., Campostrini, I., Diella, V. (2008): The crystal structure of mckelveyite-(Y)-2M, a new monoclinic polytype from Val Malenco, Italian Alps. Canadian Mineralogist, 46, 195-203. |
Russia | |
| [Donnayite-(Y)] New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64 |
| [UM1992-05-CO:CaCeLaNaSr] Ching Tji Le Tjy, Pobedimskaya, E.A., Nadezhina, T.N., Khomyakov, A.P. (1992): Polymorphism of donnayite (Na,REE)Sr(CO3)2.H2O. Moscow University Geol. Bull.: 47(5): 60-70; in: Jambor, J.L., Puziewicz, J., Roberts, A.C., (1995): New mineral Names. American Mineralogist: 80(11-12): 1332 |
[Mckelveyite-(Y)] PEKOV, I.V. & NIKOLAEV, A.P. (2013) Minerals of the pegmatites and hydrothermal assemblages of the Koashva deposit (Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia). Mineralogical Almanac 189(2), 7-65. | |
| [Donnayite-(Y)] [World of Stones 95:5-6, p64]; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow |
[Donnayite-(Y)] Pekov, I. et al (2003): New Data on Minerals: 38: 20-33. | |
[Donnayite-(Y)] American Mineralogist, Volume 92, pages 1525-1530, 2007 | |
[Ewaldite] Zaitsev, A.N., Yakovenchuk, V.N., Chao, G.Y., Gault, R.A., Subbotin, V.V., Pakhomovsky, Ya.A., Bogdanova, A.N. (1996): Kukharenkoite-(Ce), Ва2Се(СО3)3F, a new mineral from Kola Peninsula, Russia, and Québec, Canada. European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 1327—1336; Pekov I.V. (1998): Minerals first discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union. Ocean Picture, Moscow, 369 pp.; Zaitsev, A.N., Wall, F., Le Bas, M.J. (1998): REE-Sr-Ba minerals from the Khibina carbonatites, Kola peninsula, Russia: their mineralogy, paragenesis and evolution. Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 225-250; Yakovenchuk, V.N., Ivanyuk, G.Yu., Pakhomovsky, Ya.A., Men'shikov, Yu.P. (2005): Khibiny. Laplandia Minerals Ltd. (in association with the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland), Apatity, 468 pp. | |
[Donnayite-(Y)] - Khomyakov, A. P. (1995): Mineralogy of hyperagpaitic alkaline rocks. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 223 pp. | |
| [Ewaldite] New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64 |
[Mckelveyite-(Y)] Sorokhtina, N.V., Chukanov, N.V., Voloshin, A.V., Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Bogdanova, A.N., and Moiseev, M.M. (2008): Geology of Ore Deposits 50(7), 620-628. | |
South Africa | |
| [Weloganite] R. Liferovich -L. Horváth p.c. 2004 |
| [Donnayite-(Y)] VERWOERD, W.J. (1993) Update on carbonatites of South Africa and Namibia. South African Journal of Geology, 96(3), 75-95. |
UK | |
| [Ewaldite] National Museum of Wales Database.; Wight, Q. (2006) Micromounting. Mineralogical Record 37 (4), p.320.; Hubbard, N., Green, D.I., and Tindle, A.G. (2008) Barium Zeolites and Calcioancylite-(Ce) From Guisachan Quarry, Tomich, Highland, Scotland. Journal of the Russell Society, vol. 11, 73-79. Cotterell, T.F. et al. (2011) The mineralogy of Dolyhir quarry, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales. UK Journal of Mines & Minerals, vol. 32, 5-61. |
USA | |
| [Ewaldite] American Mineralogist: 56: 2156. |
Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada