D. Holtstam, Patrick Casey, L. Bindi, H. Förster, A. Karlsson, Oona Appelt
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Abstract
Fluorbritholite-(Nd), ideally Ca 2 Nd 3 (SiO 4 ) 3 F, is an approved mineral (IMA 2023-001) and constitutes a new member of the britholite group of the apatite supergroup. It occurs in skarn from the Malmkärra iron mine, Norberg, Västmanland (one of the Bastnäs-type deposits in Sweden), associated with calcite, dolomite, magnetite, lizardite, talc, fluorite, baryte, scheelite, gadolinite-(Nd) and other REE minerals. Fluorbritholite-(Nd) forms anhedral and small grains, rarely up to 250 µm across. They are brownish pink, transparent with a vitreous to greasy luster. The mineral is brittle, with an uneven or subconchoidal fracture, and lacks a cleavage. In thin section, the mineral is nonpleochroic, uniaxial (-). D calc = 4.92(1) g·cm − 3 and
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Mineralogical Magazine is an international journal of mineral sciences which covers the fields of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, environmental geology and economic geology. The journal has been published continuously since the founding of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland in 1876 and is a leading journal in its field.