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Mineral contains: Gagarinite-(Y)
Dib A, Roux M T, Aléonard S (1987) Composés Pb2xK3/2-xLn3/2-xF6 de type gargarinite. Structure dun cristal mâclé de KPbLaF6. Relations structurales avec les composés de types NaNdF4 et KCeF4. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 66, 47-55
Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 47, 805-812
Frank-Kamenetskaya O V, Fundamenskii V S, Tsytsenko A K, Frank-Kamenetskii V A (1994) Crystal structure of gagarinite from precision X-ray data: Structural changes in the NaCaTRF6-Na1.5TR1.5F6 series. Crystallography Reports 39, 923-928
Hughes J M, Drexler J W (1994) Refinement of the structure of gagarinite-(Y), Nax(CaxREE2-x)F6. The Canadian Mineralogist 32, 563-565
International Mineralogical Association (1967) Commission on new minerals and mineral names. Mineralogical Magazine 36, 131-136
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
Stepanov A V, Severov E A (1961) Gagarinite, a new rare-earth mineral. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 141, 954-957