Wakefieldite-(Nd) Explained

Wakefieldite-(Nd)
Category:	Rare-earth mineral
Formula:
Imasymbol:	Wf-Nd^[1]
Strunz:	8.AD.35
System:	Tetragonal
Class:	Ditetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm) H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m)
Symmetry:	I41/amd
Color:	Colorless or slightly reddish pink in thin section
Diaphaneity:	Transparent

Wakefieldite-(Nd) is the neodymium analogue of the uncommon rare-earth element vanadate mineral wakefieldite. It is a member of the xenotime group.

Wakefieldite-(Nd) was first described in 2008 at the Arase mine, Kami city, Kōchi Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan. and published in 2011.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Warr. L.N.. 2021. IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine. 85. 3. 291–320. 10.1180/mgm.2021.43. 2021MinM...85..291W. 235729616. free.
2. Moriyama . T. . Miyawaki . R. . Yokoyama . K. . Matsubara . S. . Hirano . H. . Murakami . H. . Watanabe . Y. . 2011 . Wakefieldite-(Nd), a new neodymium vanadate mineral in the Arase stratiform ferromanganese deposit, Kochi Prefecture, Japan . Resource Geology . 61 . 1 . 101–100. 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2010.00151.x . 2011ReGeo..61..101M . 140182788 .