An yttrium-bearing variety of titanite. See also keilhauite and grothite.

First named as yttrotitanite and described by Scheerer (1844) from a feldspar quarry at Buøy Island, Arendal, Aust-Agder, Norway. It was independently and simultanously described as keilhauite by Erdmann (1844).

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

8058 (as Yttrium-bearing Titanite)
3977 (as Titanite)

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:8058:9 (as Yttrium-bearing Titanite)
mindat:1:1:3977:8 (as Titanite)

Chemistry of Yttrium-bearing TitaniteHide

Mindat Formula:

(Ca,Y)TiSiO₅

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
O	40.809 %
Ti	24.419 %
Ca	20.445 %
Si	14.327 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

Ca, O, Si, Ti, Y - search for minerals with similar chemistry

First Recorded Occurrence of Yttrium-bearing TitaniteHide

First Recorded Locality:

ⓘ Feldspar Quarry, Buøya, Arendal, Agder, Norway

Synonyms of Yttrium-bearing TitaniteHide

Alshedite

Yttrian Titanite

Yttrotitanite

Other Language Names for Yttrium-bearing TitaniteHide

German:Alshedit
Yttrotitanit

Spanish:Alshedita
Yttrotitanita

Varieties of Yttrium-bearing TitaniteHide

Eucolite-Titanite

A Ce-bearing titanite, first described by Scheerer (1853) from Barkevik, Langesundsfjord, Vestfold, Norway.

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

1 photo of Yttrium-bearing Titanite associated with Schorl	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)
1 photo of Yttrium-bearing Titanite associated with Quartz	SiO₂
1 photo of Yttrium-bearing Titanite associated with 'Keilhauite'	(Ca,Y³⁺)(Ti,Al,Fe³⁺)[SiO₄]O

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

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References for Yttrium-bearing TitaniteHide

Reference List:

Scheerer, Th. (1844) Yttro-Titanit, eine neue Mineralspecies. Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 139. 459-462 doi:10.1002/andp.18441391115

Erdmann, Axel (1844) Undersökning af et nytt, Ytterjords- och Titansyrehaltigt Mineral från Buö, i trakten af Arendal i Norrige. Kungliga Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar, S. 3 Vol. 32-33. 355-361als keilhauite

Localities for Yttrium-bearing TitaniteHide

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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Australia
South Australia Pastoral Unincorporated Area Moolawatana Station (Moolawatana) Mt Babbage area (Inlier) ⓘ Yerila gneissic complex	Wulser PA et al. U-Th-REE mobility in ...
Norway
Agder Arendal ⓘ Buøya	Scheerer (1844) +1 other reference
ⓘ Feldspar Quarry (FRL)	Scheerer (1844)
Flosta ⓘ Narestø Feldspar Quarry	Forbes et al. (1855)
Tromøy ⓘ Alve Feldspar Quarry	Forbes et al. (1855)
Froland ⓘ Gloserheia	Åmli (1975)
Iveland Birkeland ⓘ Birkeland 04 Feldspar Quarry	Frigstad (1968)
Birketveit ⓘ Birketveit 1 Feldspar Quarry	Bjørlykke (1935)
ⓘ Frøyså	Christopher O'Neill collection & photo
Ljosland ⓘ Storsynken (Ljosland 10 Feldspar Quarry)	Bjørlykke (1935)
Rossås ⓘ Rossås 04 Feldspar Quarry	Bjørlykke (1935)
ⓘ Rossås 05 Feldspar Quarry	Frigstad (1968)
Tvedestrand Lyngør ⓘ Askerøy	Forbes et al. (1855) +1 other reference
Vennesla Øvrebø ⓘ Reiersdal Feldspar Quarries	Griffin et al. (1979)
ⓘ Reiersdal Nedre	Griffin et al. (1979)
Buskerud Modum Kløftefoss ⓘ Ramfoss pegmatite	Lassen (1870) +1 other reference
Modum West Skuterud Mines ⓘ Sørgruvene	Lassen (1870)
ⓘ Svartfjell Mines	Lassen (1870)
Snarum ⓘ Hilsen Farm	Lassen (1870)
Telemark Kragerø ⓘ Lindvikskollen-Kalstadgangen pegmatite	Bjørlykke (1937)
ⓘ Lindvikskollen Quarry	Brøgger (1903) +1 other reference
ⓘ Lindvikskollen titanite occurrence	Knut Edvard Larsen (2023)
Sjåen ⓘ Sjåen feldspar Mine	Green (1956)
ⓘ Tangen Feldspar Mine	Bjørlykke (1937)
Vestfold Larvik Commune Stokkøya ⓘ Zircon prospect	[var: Eucolite-Titanite] Brøgger (1890)
Poland
Lower Silesian Voivodeship Karkonosze County Szklarska Poręba ⓘ Szklarska Poręba Huta granite quarry	Mil et al. (2023)
Lwówek Śląski County Gmina Mirsk Szklarska Poręba ⓘ Izera Coomb	Lis et al. (1986)
Russia
ⓘ Ural Economic Region	Journal of Conference Abstracts V.4
Sweden
Jönköping County Vetlanda ⓘ Alseda	[Hey CIM p16]
Slättåkra ⓘ Dikesgård	J.Langhof: REE-mineralogy in Mo-granite ...
ⓘ Hulta	J.Langhof: REE-mineralogy in Mo-granite ...
ⓘ Slättåkra quartz quarry (Alseda)	J.Langhof: REE-mineralogy in Mo-granite ...
Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Zheltye Vody ⓘ Zheltorechenckoye Fe-U Deposit	Pekov (1998)

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