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Name: Tritomite-(Y)
Tto-Y
IMA Chemistry: Y5(SiO4,BO4)3(O,OH,F)
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Tritomite-(Y) contains elements:
Yttrium (Y)
Silicon (Si)
Oxygen (O)
Boron (B)
Hydrogen (H)
Fluorine (F)
Country of Type Locality: USA
Year First Published: 1961
IMA Status: Approved,Renamed
Status Notes: Frondel C (1961) Two yttrium minerals: spencite and rowlandite, The Canadian Mineralogist 6, 576-581 Name changed from spencite: Jaffe H W, Molinski V J (1962) Spencite, the yttrium analogue of tritomite from Sussex County, New Jersey, American Mineralogist 47, 9-25
Structural Group Name: Apatite
Fleischer's Group Name: tritomite
Crystal Systems:
Oldest Known Age: 1020 Million Years Ago
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