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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