Tritomite-(Y) R070761
Name: Tritomite-(Y)
RRUFF ID: R070761
Ideal Chemistry: Y5(SiO4,BO4)3(O,OH,F)
Locality: BEMCO prospect (Charlotte Mine), Cranberry Lake, Byram Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Source: Michael Scott S104108 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Greenish gray prismatic crystals shown by X-ray diffraction to be metamict
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample; 780 spectrum overwhelmed by fluorescence
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RRUFF ID: R070761
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample; 780 spectrum overwhelmed by fluorescence
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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REFERENCES for Tritomite-(Y)

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Frondel C (1961) Two yttrium minerals: spencite and rowlandite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 576-581   [view file]

Jaffe H W, Molinski V J (1962) Spencite, the yttrium analogue of tritomite from Sussex County, New Jersey, American Mineralogist, 47, 9-25   [view file]

Levinson A A (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals, American Mineralogist, 51, 152-158   [view file]

Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042   [view file]