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Name: Xenotime-(Yb)
Xtm-Yb
IMA Chemistry: Yb(PO4)
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Xenotime-(Yb) contains elements:
Ytterbium (Yb)
Phosphorus (P)
Oxygen (O)
Country of Type Locality: Canada
Year First Published: 1998
IMA Status: Approved
Status Notes: Buck H M, Cooper M A, CernĂ½ P, Grice J D, Hawthorne F C (1999) Xenotime-(Yb), YbPO_4_, a new mineral species from the Shatford lake pegmatite group, Southeastern Manitoba, Canada, The Canadian Mineralogist 37, 1303-1306
Structural Group Name: Zircon
Fleischer's Group Name: xenotime
Crystal Systems: tetragonal
Oldest Known Age: 2657 Million Years Ago
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