| Name: | Keiviite-(Yb) Kvi-Yb |
| IMA Chemistry: | Yb2Si2O7 |
| Chemistry Elements: | The mineral Keiviite-(Yb) contains elements: Ytterbium (Yb) Silicon (Si) Oxygen (O) |
| Country of Type Locality: | Russia |
| Year First Published: | 1982 |
| IMA Status: | Approved,Renamed |
| Status Notes: | Voloshin A V, Pakhomovsky Y A, Tyusheva F N (1983) Keiviite Yb_2_Si_2_O7 - a new ytterbium silicate from amazonitic pegmatites of the Kola Peninsula, Mineralogiceskij Zhurnal 5, 94-99 Name changed from keiviite: Note: name spelt keivyite in this paper 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 |
| Structural Group Name: | Thortveitite |
| Fleischer's Group Name: | thortveitite |
| Crystal Systems: | monoclinic |
| Oldest Known Age: | 1788 Million Years Ago |
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