The xenotime group is a grouping of minerals containing anhydrous
phosphate
In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid. It most commonly means orthophosphate, a derivative of orthophosphoric acid .
The phosphate or orthophosphate ion is derived from phosph ...
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vanadate
In chemistry, a vanadate is an anionic coordination complex of vanadium. Often vanadate refers to oxoanions of vanadium, most of which exist in its highest oxidation state of +5. The complexes and are referred to as hexacyanovanadate(III) and no ...
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Xenotime group members
Members of the xenotime group include:
Xenotime group at Mindat
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*Phosphates:
**Xenotime
Xenotime is a rare-earth phosphate mineral, the major component of which is yttrium orthophosphate ( Y P O4). It forms a solid solution series with chernovite-(Y) ( Y As O4) and therefore may contain trace impurities of arsenic, as well as si ...
*** Xenotime-(Y):
*** Xenotime-(Yb):
** Pretulite:
*Arsenates:
** Chernovite
***Chernovite-(Y)
Chernovite-(Y) is a mineral. It was wirst described in 1967 as Chernovite, named after the Russian geologist Aleksandr A. Chernov. The suffix ''-(Y)'' was added in 1987.
See also
* Chernovite-(Ce)
Chernovite-(Ce) is a proposed mineral and an a ...
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*Vanadates:
**Wakefieldite
Wakefieldite () is an uncommon rare-earth element vanadate mineral. There are four main types described of wakefieldite- wakefieldite-(La), wakefieldite-(Ce), wakefieldite-(Nd), and wakefieldite-(Y), depending upon the dominant rare-earth metal ...
***Wakefieldite-(Y)
Wakefieldite () is an uncommon rare-earth element vanadate mineral. There are four main types described of wakefieldite- wakefieldite-(La), wakefieldite-(Ce), wakefieldite-(Nd), and wakefieldite-(Y), depending upon the dominant rare-earth metal io ...
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***Wakefieldite-(La)
Wakefieldite-(La) () is the lanthanum analogue of the uncommon rare-earth element vanadate mineral Wakefieldite. It is a member of the xenotime group.
Wakefieldite-(La) was first described in 2008 for an occurrence in the Glücksstern mine, Gott ...
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***Wakefieldite-(Ce)
Wakefieldite-(Ce) () is the cerium analogue of the uncommon rare-earth element vanadate mineral Wakefieldite. It is a member of the xenotime group.
Wakefieldite-(Ce) was first described in 1977. It was initially given the name ''kusuïte'' for ...
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***Wakefieldite-(Nd)
Wakefieldite-(Nd) () is the neodymium analogue of the uncommon rare-earth element vanadate mineral wakefieldite. It is a member of the xenotime group.
Wakefieldite-(Nd) was first described in 2008 at the Arase mine, Kami city, Kōchi Prefecture, ...
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