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Name: Churchite-(Nd)
IMA Chemistry: NdPO4ยท2H2O
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Churchite-(Nd) contains elements:
Neodymium (Nd)
Phosphorus (P)
Oxygen (O)
Hydrogen (H)
Country of Type Locality: Kazakhstan
Year First Published:
IMA Status: Discredited
Status Notes: Described as a variety of churchite: Podporina E K, Burkov V V, Danilova K N (1983) Nd-churchites from the crust of weathering of Kazakjstan metamorphic rocks, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 268, 195-198 Name changed from neodymium churchite: 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 Discredited as the mineral is actually a Nd-rich churchite-(Y): Ciriotti M E (2015) Discreditation of the mineral species churchite-(Nd) and iodine. European Journal of Mineralogy 27, 813-819
Structural Group Name: Gypsum
Fleischer's Group Name: pharmacolite
Crystal Systems:
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