Chemistry:Wakefieldite-(Nd)

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Short description: Mineral
Wakefieldite-(Nd)
General
CategoryRare-earth mineral
Formula
(repeating unit)
(NdVO
4
)
Strunz classification8.AD.35
Crystal systemTetragonal
Crystal classDitetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm)
H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m)
Space groupI41/amd
Identification
ColorColorless or slightly reddish pink in thin section
DiaphaneityTransparent
References[1]

Wakefieldite-(Nd) (NdVO
4
) 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, Shikoku Island, Japan .[1] and published in 2011.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wakefieldite-(Nd), MinDat.org, http://www.mindat.org/show.php?id=38894 
  2. Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine 85 (3): 291–320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. Bibcode2021MinM...85..291W. 
  3. Moriyama, T.; Miyawaki, R.; Yokoyama, K.; Matsubara, S.; Hirano, H.; Murakami, H.; Watanabe, Y. (2011). "Wakefieldite-(Nd), a new neodymium vanadate mineral in the Arase stratiform ferromanganese deposit, Kochi Prefecture, Japan". Resource Geology 61: 101–100. doi:10.1111/j.1751-3928.2010.00151.x.