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Name: Tanteuxenite-(Y)
Ttx-Y
IMA Chemistry: Y(TaTi)O6
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Tanteuxenite-(Y) contains elements:
Yttrium (Y)
Tantalum (Ta)
Titanium (Ti)
Oxygen (O)
Country of Type Locality: Australia
Year First Published: 1928
IMA Status: Approved,Redefined,Renamed
Status Notes: Simpson E S (1928) Tanteuxenite (Sp.nov.) Pilbara Goldfield, N.W. Div., Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 14, 45-48 Name changed from tanteuxenite: 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 Chemical formula changed from Y(Ta,Nb,Ti)_2_(O,OH)_6_ to Y(TaTi)O_6_: 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
Structural Group Name: Columbite
Fleischer's Group Name: columbite-euxenite-euxenite subgroup
Crystal Systems:
Oldest Known Age: 2950 Million Years Ago
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