The Rare Earths: Their Occurrence, Chemistry, and TechnologyLevy, Stanley Isaac
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The Rare Earths: Their Occurrence, Chemistry, and Technology
Levy, Stanley Isaac
Rare earths
Orthorhombic.
G = 4·0-4·8. H = 6. Black; vitreous lustre.
Norway.
~Priorite.~
Dimorphous with Euxenite (_q.v._).
Orthorhombic; isomorphous with Blomstrandine.
G = 4·6-5·0. H = 6. Black; transparent in flakes.
Swaziland, S. Africa.
Pseudobrookite.
Fe₄(TiO₄)₃, ferric orthotitanate. TiO₂ = 44-53%.
Orthorhombic.
G = 4·39-4·98. H = 6. Dark brown to black.
Norway; France.
_Pyrochlore._
A columbate of Ca and E, with Th, Fe, Ti, F, etc. E₂O₃ → 18; TiO₂ =
5-14%.
Cubic.
G = 4·2-4·36. H = 5-5¹⁄₂. Dark brown.
Scandinavia; the Urals; Tasmania, etc.
Pyrophanite.
MnTiO₃, with traces of SiO₂. TiO₂ = 50-53%.
Rhombohedral; isomorphous with Ilmenite.
G = 4·537. H = 5. Deep blood-red; translucent; lustrous.
Pajsberg, Sweden.
_Retzian._
Hydrated arsenate of Mn´´, Ca, E. Cer + Yttr = 8-11%.
Orthorhombic, usually in prisms.
G = 4·15. H = 4. Brown; pleochroic; transparent.
Province of Nordmarken, Sweden.
_Rhabdophane_ (Scovillite).
Hydrated phosphate of E, Al, Fe, Mg, etc., with SiO₂. Cer = 53·8-57;
Yttr = 2·1-10·0%.
Massive.
G = 3·94-4·01. H = 3¹⁄₂. Brown to yellow; translucent.
Cornwall; Scoville, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Rhönite.
(Na,K,H)₃Ca₃(Fe´´,Mg)₁₅(Al,Fe´´´)₁₆(Si,Ti)₂₁O₉₀. TiO₂ = 9·5%.
Anorthic, isomorphous with Aenigmatite.
G = 3·5-4·3. Brown, with strong pleochroism.
Rhön Mountains, Saxony.
_Rinkite._
A titanosilicate closely allied to Mosandrite and Johnstrupite
(_q.v._)--Na₉Ca₁₁Ce₃(Ti,Th)₄₁Si₁₂O₄₆? Cer = 21; Yttr = 0·4-1·4; TiO₂ =
13-14%.
Monoclinic, very close to Johnstrupite.
G = 3·46. H = 5. Yellow, pleochroic; translucent.
Kangerdluarsuk, Greenland.
~Risörite.~
An yttria columbate, near Fergusonite, but with no U and considerable
TiO₂; Yttr = 37; Cer = 2·9-4·0; TiO₂ = 6·5%.
No data yet determined. Isotropic.
G = 4·179. H = 5¹⁄₂. Yellowish brown.
Norway.
_Rogersite._
Hydrated yttria columbate. Yttr = 60·12%. A weathered Samarskite?
Amorphous, mamillary.
G = 3·313. H = 3¹⁄₂. White.
Mitchell Co., N. Carolina.
_Rosenbuschite._
Titanosilicate of Ca, Zr, Na, E, Fe, Mn, with F. ZrO₂ = 18·7-20; Cer =
0·3-2·4%.
Monoclinic, in spherical aggregates.
G = 3·30-3·31. H = 5-6. Orange-grey.
Near Brevik, Sweden.
_Rowlandite._
Silicate of E, with Th, Ti, Fe, etc.--2Y₂O₃, 3SiO₂. Cer = 14·4; Yttr =
47·7; ThO₂ = 0·6%.
Massive.
G = 4·515. H = 6. Pale dull green.
Llano Co., Texas.
~Rutile.~
Titanium dioxide; TiO₂ = 98-100%
Tetragonal; habit prismatic.
G = 4·18-4·25. H = 6-6¹⁄₂. Reddish-brown to black.
Very widely in Europe and America.
~Samarskite.~
R´´₃R´´´₂(Cb,Ta)₆O₂₁, where R´´ = Fe, Ca, UO₂; R´´´ = E. Cer =
1·2-6·4; Yttr = 4·72-21·2; ThO₂ + ZrO₂ → 7%.
Orthorhombic; usually massive.
G = 5·6-5·8. H = 5-6. Deep velvet black; opaque.
Miask; Urals; Mitchell Co., N. Carolina.
Schorlomite.
A titaniferous Garnet--3CaO,(Fe,Ti)₂O₃,3(Si,Ti)O₂. TiO₂ = 12·5-22%.
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