Xenotime-(Y) Mineral Data

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General Xenotime-(Y) Information

Chemical Formula:

YPO4

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 183.88 gm

Yttrium 48.35 % Y 61.40 % Y₂O₃

Phosphorus 16.84 % P 38.60 % P₂O₅

Oxygen 34.80 % O

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100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Y(PO₄)

Environment:

Minor accessory mineral in both acidic and alkalic igneous rocks and their pegmatites.

IMA Status:

Valid Species (Pre-IMA) 1832

Locality:

Hidra (Hitterø), Flekkefjord, Vest-Agder, Norway Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

From the Greek xenos - "foreign" and time - "honor."

Name Pronunciation:

Xenotime-(Y)

Synonym:

ICSD 79754

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Xenotime-(Y) Image

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Xenotime-(Y)

Comments: Dark brown colored Xenotime-(Y) crystal.
Location: Hurricane Mountain, Conway, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA. Scale: Not Given.
© Lou Perloff / Photo Atlas of Minerals

Xenotime-(Y) Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:c = 1:0.87518

Cell Dimensions:

a = 6.89, c = 6.03, Z = 4; V = 286.26 Den(Calc)= 4.27

Crystal System:

Tetragonal - Ditetragonal DipyramidalH-M Symbol (4/m 2/m 2/m) Space Group: I 4₁/amd

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By Intensity(I/I_o): 3.45(1), 1.768(0.5), 2.56(0.5),

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Ni Y , Hughes J M , Mariano A N , American Mineralogist , 80 (1995) p.21-26, Crystal chemistry of the monazite and xenotime structures

Physical Properties of Xenotime-(Y)

Cleavage:

{100} Perfect

Color:

Yellowish brown, Greenish brown, Gray, Reddish brown, Brown.

Density:

4.4 - 5.1, Average = 4.75

Diaphaneity:

Opaque

Fracture:

Splintery - Thin, elongated fractures produced by intersecting good cleavages or partings (e.g. hornblende).

Habit:

Massive - Granular - Common texture observed in granite and other igneous rock.

Habit:

Prismatic - Crystals Shaped like Slender Prisms (e.g. tourmaline).

Habit:

Radial - Crystals radiate from a center without producing stellar forms (e.g. stibnite)

Hardness:

4-5 - Fluorite-Apatite

Luminescence:

Non-fluorescent.

Luster:

Vitreous - Greasy

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Xenotime-(Y)

Dichroism (e):

pink, yellow, or yellow brown.

Dichroism (w):

brownish yellow, grayish brown, or greenish.

Gladstone-Dale:

CI meas= 0.076 (Fair) - where the CI = (1-KPDmeas/KC)
CI calc= -0.028 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.18,KPDmeas= 0.1618,KC= 0.175
Ncalc = 1.75 - 1.89

Optical Data:

Uniaxial (+), w=1.721, e=1.816, bire=0.0950.

Calculated Properties of Xenotime-(Y)

Electron Density:

Bulk Density (Electron Density)=3.99 gm/cc
note: Specific Gravity of Xenotime-(Y) =4.27 gm/cc.

Fermion Index:

Fermion Index = 0.0001670617
Boson Index = 0.9998329383

Photoelectric:

PE_Xenotime-(Y)= 61.49 barns/electron
U=PE_Xenotime-(Y) x rElectron Density= 245.62 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 0 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)
Xenotime-(Y) is Not Radioactive

Xenotime-(Y) Classification

Dana Class:

38.04.11.01 (38)Anhydrous Phosphates, etc

(38.04)A+ XO4

(38.04.11)Zenotime Group (Tetragonal: I41/amd)

38.04.11.01 Xenotime-(Y) YPO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

38.04.11.02 Chernovite-(Y) YAsO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

38.04.11.03 Wakefieldite-(Y) YVO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

38.04.11.04 Wakefieldite-(Ce) (Ce,Pb,Pb)VO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

38.04.11.05 Pretulite! ScPO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

38.04.11.06 Xenotime-(Yb)! YbPO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

38.04.11.07 Wakefieldite-(La)! LaVO4 I 4₁/amd 4mm

38.04.11.08 Wakefieldite-(Nd)! NdVO4 I 4₁/amd 4mm

Strunz Class:

08.AD.35 08 - PHOSPHATES, ARSENATES, VANADATES

08.A - Phosphates, etc. without additional anions, without H2O

08.AD -With only large cations

08.AD.35 Dreyerite BiVO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

08.AD.35 Chernovite-(Y) YAsO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

08.AD.35 Pretulite! ScPO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

08.AD.35 Xenotime-(Y) YPO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

08.AD.35 Wakefieldite-(Ce) (Ce,Pb,Pb)VO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

08.AD.35 Wakefieldite-(Y) YVO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

08.AD.35 Xenotime-(Yb)! YbPO4 I 4₁/amd 4/m 2/m 2/m

08.AD.35 Wakefieldite-(La)! LaVO4 I 4₁/amd 4mm

08.AD.35 Wakefieldite-(Nd)! NdVO4 I 4₁/amd 4mm

Other Xenotime-(Y) Information

References:

NAME( Duda&Rejl90) PHYS. PROP.(Enc. of Minerals,2nd ed.,1990) OPTIC PROP.(Dana8)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Xenotime-(Y) :
1 - Alkali-Nuts(English)
2 - Alkali-Nuts(Francais)
3 - Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database
4 - Athena
5 - EUROmin Project
6 - GeoScienceWorld
7 - Google Images
8 - Google Scholar
9 - Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA)
10 - MinDAT
11 - Mineralienatlas (Deutsch)
12 - Online Mineral Museum
13 - QUT Mineral Atlas
14 - Ruff.Info
15 - WWW-MINCRYST

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Xenotime-(Y)

YPO4
Dana No: 38.04.11.01 Strunz No: 08.AD.35
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