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Xenotime

  • Etymology : From the Greek κευός = "vain" and τιμή = "honor," in allusion to the fact that the yttrium in it was mistaken for a new element.
  • Discovery: 1832 by Beudant

Rare mineral

to know more about mineralogie of xénotime, see mindat.org->

Gemological data

  • Chemical formula : Y PO4 (Phosphate d’Ytrium)

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