About Xenotime
Yttrium phosphate, often brownish or yellowish, forming prismatic crystals. It's a stone of intellectual power and higher vision, enhancing focus and connection to truth. (An ore of Yttrium and other REEs).
Primary Hues
Yellowish-Brown, Brown, Reddish-Brown, Greenish, Grey, Yellow, forms prismatic or pyramidal crystals with vitreous luster
Geological & Scientific Details
Xenotime is classified as a phosphate minerals mineral which typically crystallizes in the tetragonal system. Its chemical formula is YPO4. Common crystal habits include prismatic, radial aggregates, granular.
Key Geological Properties:
- Mineral Category: Phosphate minerals
- Chemical Formula: YPO4
- IMA Symbol: Xtm[1]
- Crystal System: Tetragonal
- Predominant Geological Color: Brown, brownish yellow, gray
- Crystal Habit: Prismatic, radial aggregates, granular
- Cleavage: Perfect [100]
- Luster: Vitreous to resinous
- Streak: Pale brown, yellowish or reddish, to white