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Dyrnaesite-(La)

dyrnaesite-(La)

Na8Ce⁴⁺(La,REE)2(PO4)6

Table 1 from The crystal structure of the new mineral dyrnaesite-(La ...

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Overview

Dyrnaesite-(La) is a rare-earth phosphate mineral with the formula Na8Ce4+(La,REE)2(PO4)6. Dyrnaesite-(La) is related to vitusite-(Ce), another rare-earth phosphate mineral. It comes from lujavrite, a type of alkaline syenite rock, of South Greenland. Dyrnaesite-(La) is one of few known minerals with essential tetravalent cerium, the other two being cerianite-(Ce) and stetindite.

Scientific references

  1. Dyrnaesite-(La) — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19862341 Link
  2. Dyrnaesite-(La) — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyrnaesite-(La) Link