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Kozoite-(La)

Year of discovery: 2002 (Japan as the first occurence in the World)

Locality list: A locality of kozoite-(La)

• LaCO₃(OH)
• (La,Ca,Nd)CO₃(OH)
• [La³⁺][OH|CO₃]^3-

• Class: Carbonate - Hydroxide
• Radioactive: Weak

• La => Nd: Kozoite-(Nd)

• Color: Pink, Yellow, White
• Streak: White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Translucent

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: mmm, Pmcn
• Lattice: a=5.0, b=8.5, c=7.2

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