Xenotime

Ksenotym, Xenotiem, Xenotim, Xenotím, Xénotime, Xenótimo Ξενότιμο, Ксенотим, ซีโนไทม์, 제노 타임, ゼノタイム, 磷釔礦


Commonly known      rarer (so called collectors stones)      very rare (rarities)      relatively rare organic material


Formula: (Y,Yb)[PO4]
Mineral class: Phosphates
Crystal system: tetragonal
Mohs scale: 4 - 5
Density (g/cm3): 4.4 - 5.1
Refractive index: 1.720 - 1.827
Cleavage: good
Colors: colorless, white, grey, yellow, green, red, brown
Transparency: transparent - opaque
Luster: vitreous - resinous
Fluorescence: -
Pleochroism: weak: yellow, rose, greenish, brownish
Largest crsytal: 5 cm?
Deposits: worldwide
Discovery: 1832
1st Description: 1832
Name: A combination of the Greek words "κευός" (vain) and "τιμή" (honor)
Might be radioactive

Xenotime Mineral

Image width: 0.4 cm

Origin: Cavradi Gorge / Curnera Valley / Tujetsch / Grisons / Switzerland

Photo by kind permission of © Stephan Wolfsried
Xenotime Mineral

Xenotime Mineral

Size of the crystal: ca. 0.15 cm

Origin: Hopffeldboden / Obersulzbach Valley / Hohe Tauern Mts. / Salzburg / Austria

Photo by kind permission of © Domenico Preite, Sammlung Domenico Preite
Xenotime Mineral

Xenotime Mineral

Size of the crystal: appr. 0.13 cm

Origin: Wasserfallköpfe / Pfitsch Valley / South Tyrol / Trentino-Alto Adige / Italy

Photo by kind permission of © Matteo Chinellato
Xenotime Mineral

Xenotime Mineral with Rutile

Image width: 0.3 cm

Origin: Old Quarry / La Haie Forest / Bertrix / Luxembourg Prov. / Belgium

Photo by kind permission of © Harjo Neutkens
Xenotime Mineral

Xenotime Mineral

Size: 1.6 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm

Origin: Ibitiara / Centro-Sul Baiano / Bahia / Brazil

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Xenotime Mineral
Xenotime

Weight: 0.86 ct

Origin: Novo Horizonte / Centro-Sul Baiano / Bahia / Brazil

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Xenotime

Size: 0.89 x 0.60 cm
Weight: 2.73 ct
Origin: Zagi Mountain / Warsak / Khyber Region / FATA / Pakistan

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Xenotime Mineral

Size: 0.7 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm

Origin: Zagi Mountain / Warsak / Khyber Region / FATA / Pakistan

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Xenotime Mineral

Xenotime Mineral

Size: 2.03 x 1.13 x 0.77 cm

Origin: Zagi Mountain / Warsak / Khyber Region / FATA / Pakistan

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Xenotime Mineral

Xenotime Mineral

Size: 2.8 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm

Origin: Novo Horizonte / Centro-Sul Baiano / Bahia / Brazil

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Xenotime Mineral

Xenotime Mineral

Size of the crystal: appr. 0.14 cm

Origin: Hopffeldboden / Obersulzbach Valley / Hohe Tauern Mts. / Salzburg / Austria

Photo by kind permission of © Domenico Preite, Sammlung Domenico Preite
Xenotime Mineral

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