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xenotime

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xenotime [′zēn·ə‚tīm]
(mineralogy)
Y(PO4) A tetragonal mineral of varying color, consisting of yttrium phosphate.


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The section on petrology includes a diverse suite of articles that cover apatite in igneous systems (Piccoli and Candela), apatite, monazite, and xenotime in metamorphic systems (Spear and Pyle), electron microprobe analysis of the aforementioned (Pyle, Spear, Wark), and sedimentary phosphates (Knudesen and Gunter).
Phosphates: Geochemical, Geobiological and Materials importance by Ross, Gerry / Geoscience Canada
The monoclinic, monazite structure, orthophosphates show a higher degree of Pb incorporation than the tetragonal xenotime structure, orthophosphates.
Contamination in the rare-earth element orthophosphate reference ... by Jarosewich, Eugene / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
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