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Lepersonnite-(Gd)

lepersonnite-(Gd)

CaGd2(UO2)24(CO3)8Si4O28·60H2O

Lepersonnite-(Gd): Mineral information, data and localities.

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Overview

Lepersonnite-(Gd) is a very rare uranium and rare-earth mineral with the chemical formula Ca(Gd,Dy)2(UO2)24(SiO4)4(CO3)8(OH)24·48H2O. It occurs with bijvoetite-(Y) in the Shinkolobwe deposit in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, famous for rare uranium minerals. It was the first confirmed mineral with essential gadolinium and remained the only gadolinium dominant species until the description of Monazite-(Gd) in 2023. It was first described in 1982 and is named after the Belgian geologist Jacques Lepersonne.

Scientific references

  1. Lepersonnite-(Gd) — Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1820045 Link
  2. Lepersonnite-(Gd) — Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepersonnite-(Gd) Link