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Wakefieldite-(La)

Year of discovery: 2007 (Glücksstern mine, Germany), 2011 (Japan)

Locality list: 2 localities of wakefieldite-(La)

• LaVO₄
• [La³⁺][VO₄]^3-

• Class: Xenotime group
• Class: Vanadate
• Radioactive: Weak

• La => Bi: Pucherite, Clinobisvanite, Dreyerite
• La => Ce: Wakefieldite-(Ce)
• La => Nd: Wakefieldite-(Nd)
• La => Y: Wakefieldite-(Y)

• VO₄ => PO₄: Monazite-(La)

• Color: Pale pink-Brown
• Streak: White
• Luster: Adamantine
• Diaphaneity: Transparent-Translucent

• Hardness: 4
• Density: 4.7

• System: Tetragonal
• Group: 4mm, I4₁/amd
• Lattice: a=7.4, c=6.5