Yttrotungstite-(Y) R050569
Name: Yttrotungstite-(Y)
RRUFF ID: R050569
Ideal Chemistry: Y(W,Fe,Si,Al,Ti)2(O,OH,H2O)9
Locality: Perak, Malaysia
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 3086 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Colorless flattened lathlike crystals
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis
Mineral Group: [ Yttrotungstite (1) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R050569.2
Sample Description: Microprobe fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Y0.70Nd0.10Ce0.07Dy0.07La0.04Ca0.02)Σ=1W2.00(O6.00(OH)2.98(H2O)0.02)Σ=9 ; O, OH and H2O estimated by difference and charge balance.
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R050569
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance) 
RRUFF ID: R050569.1
Instrument settings: SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R050569.1
Sample Description: Powder
Cell Refinement Output: a: 6.9500(3)Å    b: 8.6352(7)Å    c: 5.7641(6)Å
alpha: 90.°    beta: 104.883(6)°    gamma: 90.°   Volume: 334.33(4)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Yttrotungstite-(Y)

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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]

Scrivenor J B, Shenton J C (1927) Thorotungstite. A mineral containing tungsten and thorium from the Federated Malay States, American Journal of Science, 13, 487-490   [view file]

Beard E H (1950) Thorotungstite - a misnomer, Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources, 1, 50-51   [view file]

Fleischer M (1951) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 36, 638-642   [view file]

Sahama T G, von Knorring O, Lehtinen M (1970) Cerotungstite, a cerian analogue to yttrotungstite, from Uganda, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, 42, 223-228   [view file]

Davis R J, Smith G W (1971) Yttrotungstite, Mineralogical Magazine, 38, 261-285   [view file]

Sahama T G (1981) The secondary tungsten minerals, a review, The Mineralogical Record, 12, 81-87   [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]