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General Bastnasite-(Y) Information

Help on Chemical  Formula: Chemical Formula: Y(CO3)F
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 167.91 gm
   Yttrium   52.95 %  Y    67.24 % Y2O3
   Carbon     7.15 %  C    26.21 % CO2
   Oxygen    28.59 %  O
   Fluorine  11.31 %  F    11.31 % F
               -   %  F    -4.76 % -O=F2
            ______        ______ 
            100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Y(CO3)F
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1970
Help on Locality: Locality: Kazakhstan. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named as the Y end member and after the Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan, Vastmanland, Sweden.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: Hamartite
 

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Bastnasite-(Y) Crystallography

Help on Axial Ratios: Axial Ratios: a:c = 1:1.44292
Help on Cell Dimensions: Cell Dimensions: a = 6.57, c = 9.48, Z = 6; V = 354.38 Den(Calc)= 4.72
Help on Crystal System: Crystal System: Hexagonal - Ditrigonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (6 m2) Space Group: P 62c
Help on X Ray Diffraction: X Ray Diffraction: By Intensity(I/Io): 1.948(1), 2.78(1), 3.43(0.75),
 

Physical Properties of Bastnasite-(Y)

Help on Cleavage: Cleavage: [1011] Imperfect, [0001] Indistinct
Help on Color: Color: Yellow, Reddish brown.
Help on Density: Density: 4.9 - 5, Average = 4.95
Help on Diaphaniety: Diaphaniety: Transparent to Translucent
Help on Fracture: Fracture: Uneven - Flat surfaces (not cleavage) fractured in an uneven pattern.
Help on Habit: Habit: Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock.
Help on Habit: Habit: Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).
Help on Hardness: Hardness: 4-4.5 - Between Fluorite and Apatite
Help on Luster: Luster: Vitreous - Greasy
Help on Streak: Streak: white
 

Optical Properties of Bastnasite-(Y)

Help on Gladstone-Dale: Gladstone-Dale: CI meas= 0.114 (Poor) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= 0.07 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1626,KPDmeas= 0.1551,KC= 0.1749
Help on Optical Data: Optical Data: Uniaxial (+), w=1.717, e=1.818, bire=0.1010.
 

Calculated Properties of Bastnasite-(Y)

Help on Electron Density: Electron Density:

relectron=4.39 gm/cc
note: rBastnasite-(Y) =4.72 gm/cc.

Help on Fermion Index Fermion Index Fermion Index = 0.00092
Boson Index = 0.99908
Help on Photoelectric: Photoelectric:

PEBastnasite-(Y) = 67.02 barns/electron
U=PEBastnasite-(Y) x relectron= 293.90 barns/cc.

Help on Radioactivity: Radioactivity: GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Bastnasite-(Y) is Not Radioactive

 

Bastnasite-(Y) Classification

Help on  Dana Class: Dana Class: 16a.1.1.3 (16a)Carbonates - Hydroxyl or Halogen
  (16a.1)in the Bastnasite/Shynchysite/Parasite Groups
  (16a.1.1)Bastnasite Subgroup
 
16a.1.1.1 Bastnasite-(Ce) Ce(CO3)F P 62c 6 m2
 
16a.1.1.2 Bastnasite-(La) La(CO3)F P 62c 6 m2
 
16a.1.1.3 Bastnasite-(Y) Y(CO3)F P 62c 6 m2
Help on  Strunz Class: Strunz Class: V/C.07-10 V - Nitrates, Carbonates and Borates
  V/C - Waterfree carbonates with unfamiliar anions
  V/C.07 - Bastnäsite-(Y) - Mineevite-(Y) series
 
V/C.07-10 Bastnasite-(Y) Y(CO3)F P 62c 6 m2
 
V/C.07-20 Bastnasite-(La) La(CO3)F P 62c 6 m2
 
V/C.07-30 Bastnasite-(Ce) Ce(CO3)F P 62c 6 m2
 
V/C.07-40 Hydroxylbastnasite-(La) La(CO3)(OH) C 2221 2 2 2
 
V/C.07-50 Hydroxylbastnasite-(Ce) Ce(CO3)(OH) P 62c 6 m2
 
V/C.07-60 Hydroxylbastnasite-(Nd) Nd(CO3)(OH) P 62c 6 m2
 
V/C.07-61 Kozoite-(Nd)! (Nd,La,Sm,Pr)(CO3)(OH) Pmcn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
V/C.07-62 Kozoite-(La)! La(CO3)(OH) Pmcn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
V/C.07-64 Horvathite-(Y)! NaY(CO3)F2 Pmcn 2/m 2/m 2/m
 
V/C.07-70 Parisite-(Ce) Ca(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2 R 3 3
 
V/C.07-80 Parisite-(Nd) Ca(Nd,Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2 R 3 3
 
V/C.07-90 Rontgenite-(Ce) Ca2(Ce,La)3(CO3)5F3 R 3 3
 
V/C.07-100 Synchysite-(Y) CaY(CO3)2F C 2/c 2/m
 
V/C.07-110 Synchysite-(Ce) CaCe(CO3)2F C 2/c 2/m
 
V/C.07-120 Synchysite-(Nd) CaNd(CO3)2F Unk Ortho
 
V/C.07-130 Huanghoite-(Ce) BaCe(CO3)2F R 3m 3 2/m
 
V/C.07-140 Cebaite-(Ce) Ba3Ce2(CO3)5F2 C 2/m or C 2 Mono
 
V/C.07-150 Cebaite-(Nd)! Ba3(Nd,Ce)2(CO3)5F2 Unk Mono
 
V/C.07-154 Kukharenkoite-(La)! Ba2(La,Ce)(CO3)3F P 21/m 2/m
 
V/C.07-155 Kukharenkoite-(Ce)! Ba2Ce(CO3)3F P 21/m 2/m
 
V/C.07-160 Zhonghuacerite-(Ce) Ba2Ce(CO3)3F P 21/m 2/m
 
V/C.07-170 Cordylite-(Ce) Ba(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2 P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
V/C.07-175 Lukechangite-(Ce)! Na3Ce2(CO3)4F P 63/mmc 6/m 2/m 2/m
 
V/C.07-190 Mineevite-(Y) Na25Ba(Y,Gd,Dy)2(HCO3)4(CO3)11(SO4)2ClF2 P 63/m 6/m
 
V/C.07-200 Reederite-(Y)! Na15Y2(CO3)9(SO3F)Cl P 6 6
 
V/C.07-210 Micheelsenite! (Ca,Y)3Al[PO3OH,CO3](CO3)(OH)6·12(H2O) P 63 6
 

Other Bastnasite-(Y) Information

Help on References: References: NAME( Ford32) PHYS. PROP.(Dana8) OPTIC PROP.(Ford32)
Help on See Also: See Also: Links to other databases for Bastnasite-(Y) :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas

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Bastnasite-(Y)

Y(CO3)F
Dana No: 16a.1.1.3 Strunz No: V/C.07-10
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