Dyrnaesite-(la)
Dyrnaesite-(La)
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What is Dyrnaesite-(la)?
Dyrnaesite-(La) is a rare-earth phosphate mineral with the formula Na8Ce(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.
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Quick Facts
Physical Properties
- Color
- Pale yellowish-green
- Density
- 3.682 g/cm³
- Streak
- white
Chemical Properties
- Chemical Formula
- Na8Ce4+(La,REE)2(PO4)6
- Elements
- Ce, La, Na, O, P
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