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Kozoite-(Nd)

Year of discovery: 1998 (Japan as the first occurence in the World)

Locality list: 2 localities of kozoite-(Nd)

• NdCO₃(OH)
• (Nd,La,Sm,Pr)CO₃(OH)
• [Nd³⁺][OH|CO₃]^3-

• Class: Carbonate - Hydroxide
• Radioactive: Weak

• Nd => La: Kozoite-(La)

• Color: Pale purple, White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Transparent

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: mmm, Pmcn
• Lattice: a=5.0, b=8.5, c=7.3

Etymology: Professor Kozo Nagashima (1925-1985), Japanese chemist of Tsukuba University. son of Japanese mineral collector Otokichi Nagashima who is the etymology of Nagashimalite.