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Name: Xenotime-(Y)
Xtm-Y
Specimens in Collection:

#311: Xenotime-(Y)
Zagi Mtns., Pakistan
IMA Chemistry: Y(PO4)
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Xenotime-(Y) contains elements:
Yttrium (Y)
Phosphorus (P)
Oxygen (O)
Country of Type Locality: Norway
Year First Published: 1832
IMA Status: Approved,Renamed
Status Notes: Beudant F S (1832) Xenotime, yttria phosphatée, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, 2nd Edition, (Paris) 552-553 Name changed from xenotime: 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: Zircon
Fleischer's Group Name: xenotime
Crystal Systems: tetragonal
Oldest Known Age: 3074 Million Years Ago
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