aeschynite-(Y)
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Aeschynite-(Y) (or Aeschinite-(Y), Aeschynite-(Yt), Blomstrandine, Priorite) is a rare earth mineral of yttrium, calcium, iron, thorium, titanium, niobium, oxygen, and hydrogen with the chemical formula . Its name comes from the Greek word for "shame". Its Mohs scale rating is 5 to 6.
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It sits within the topics Calcium minerals, Iron minerals and Lanthanide minerals.
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Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Aeschynite-(Y)
- Mineral.image
- Aeschynite-(Y)-180743.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- A fine, well-terminated, complete all-around aeschynite-(Y) crystal from Iveland, Norway
- Mineral.category
- Oxide mineral
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Aes-Y
- Mineral.strunz
- 4.DF.05
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m)
- Mineral.symmetry
- Pmnb
- Mineral.other
- 25px Radioactive
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- yttrium
- Image
- Aeschynite-(Y)-450941.jpg
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Aes-Y
- chemical formula
- Y(TiNb)O₆
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.DF.05
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.DF.05
- Commons category
- Aeschynite-(Y)
- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
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Encyclopedic overview
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Aeschynite-(Y) (or Aeschinite-(Y), Aeschynite-(Yt), Blomstrandine, Priorite) is a rare earth mineral of yttrium, calcium, iron, thorium, titanium, niobium, oxygen, and hydrogen with the chemical formula . Its name comes from the Greek word for "shame". Its Mohs scale rating is 5 to 6.
==See also== List of minerals
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