levinsonite-(Y)
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Levinsonite-(Y) is a rare organic mineral named in honor of Alfred A. Levinson (1927-2005), professor of mineralogy at the University of Calgary. It was named in part because of his origination of the internationally used nomenclature for rare-earth minerals, the Levinson modifier, which is a standard in mineralogical nomenclature and allows for the more precise identification and classification of rare-earth minerals.
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- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Lvi-Y
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 10.AB.70
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 10.AB.70
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
- chemical formula
- YAl(SO₄)₂(C₂O₄)·12H₂O
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Levinsonite-(Y) is a rare organic mineral named in honor of Alfred A. Levinson (1927-2005), professor of mineralogy at the University of Calgary. It was named in part because of his origination of the internationally used nomenclature for rare-earth minerals, the Levinson modifier, which is a standard in mineralogical nomenclature and allows for the more precise identification and classification of rare-earth minerals.
The type material for Levinsonite-(Y) is kept at the University of Michigan, and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.
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