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Tengerite-(Y)

Year of discovery: 1838 (Ytterby, Sweden), 1938 (Japan)

Locality list: 11 localities of tengerite-(Y)

• Y₂(CO₃)₃,2-3H₂O
• [Y³⁺₂][(CO₃)₃]^6-,2-3H₂O

• Class: Carbonate - Hydrate
• Soluble in: HCl

• Y => Ce: Calkinsite-(Ce), Lanthanite-(Ce)
• Y => La: Lanthanite-(La)
• Y => Nd: Lanthanite-(Nd)

• Y₂ => Na₃Y: Shomiokite-(Y)

• Color: White
• Streak: White
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Translucent

• Density: 3.1

• System: Orthorhombic
• Group: mmm, Pnnm
• Lattice: a=6.1, b=9.2, c=15.1