Product Description
Euxenite-(y) Crystal Formation - New Mexico, USA
Weight: 13.4 Grams
Size: 21x9x17mm
Locality: Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
XRF analysis performed by Charles David Young, who also numbered the bottom of the specimen.
Formula: (Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6
Euxenite was first described in 1870 and named for from the Greek (εὔξενος), hospitable or friendly to strangers, in allusion to the many rare elements that it contain.
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