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Name: Yttrotantalite-(Y) RRUFF ID: R060828 Ideal Chemistry: (Y,U,Fe2+)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)4 Locality: Skuleboda, Sweden Source: Michael Scott S101196 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark brown massive blebs - metamict Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed. |
Mineral Group: [ Columbite (32) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Yttrotantalite-(Y) samples (3) ] |
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REFERENCES for Yttrotantalite-(Y) | |
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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] |
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Ekeberg A G (1802) Uplysning 'om Ytterjordens egenskaper, i synnerhet i jamforelse med Berylljorden: om de Fossilier, hvari forstnamnde jord innehålles, samt om en ny uptäckt kropp of metallisk natur, Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 23, 68-83 [view file] |
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Berzelius J (1815) Undersökning af hittills bekanta tantalhaltiga fossiliers sammansåttning, Afhandlingar i Fysik, Kemi och Mineralogi, 4, 262-293 [view file] |
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Brøgger W C (1906) Die Mineralien der Südnorwegischen Granitpegmatitgänge: Blomstrandin (und Priorit), Skrifter udgivne af Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania, 1906, issue 6 1-162 [view file] |
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Ferguson R B (1957) The crystallography of synthetic YTaO4 and fused fergusonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 72-77 [view file] |
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Lima de Faria, J (1958) Heat treatment of metamict euxenites, polymignites, yttrotantalites, samarskites, pyrochlores, and allanites, Mineralogical Museum, section of the Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, 3R, 937-942 [view file] |
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Wolten G M (1967) The structure of the M'-phase of YTaO4, a third fergusonite polymorph, Acta Crystallographica, 23, 939-944 |
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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] |
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Chukanov N, Pasero M, Aksenov S M, Britvin S N, Zubkova N V, Yike L, Witzke T (2023) Columbite supergroup of minerals: nomenclature and classification, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 18-33 |
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