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    Bastnäsite-(La)
    Bsn-La
    La(CO3)F
    LaCO3F
    La C O F
    Name defined for the La dominant phase:
    Levinson A A (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals. American Mineralogist 51, 152-158  [view file]
    Levinson A A (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals. American Mineralogist 51, 152-158  [view file]
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    Černý P, Černá I (1972) Bastnaesite after allanite from Rough Rock Lake, Ontario. The Canadian Mineralogist 11, 541-543  [view file]
    Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 39, 402-408  [view file]
    Frost R L, Dickfos M J (2007) Raman spectroscopy of halogen-containing carbonates. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 38, 1516-1522
    He X, Zhou Y, Xue X, Yang H, Liu J, Cheng G (2026) Hydrothermal synthesis and thermal decomposition characteristics of bastnaesite with varied rare-earth compositions. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 1071, 188735
    Holtstam D, Andersson U B (2007) The REE minerals of the Bastnäs-type deposits, south-central Sweden. The Canadian Mineralogist 45, 1073-1114  [view file]
    Levinson A A (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals. American Mineralogist 51, 152-158  [view file]
    Nikolenko A M, Stepanov K M, Roddatis V, Veksler I V (2022) Crystallization of bastnäsite and burbankite from carbonatite melt in the system La(CO3)F-CaCO3-Na2CO3 at 100 MPa. American Mineralogist 107, 2242-2250  [view file]
    Oftedal I (1931) Zur Kristallstruktur von Bastnäsit (Ce,La--)FCO3. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 78, 462-469  [view file]
    Shivaramaiah R, Anderko A, Riman R E, Navrotsky A (2016) Thermodynamics of bastnaesite: A major rare earth ore mineral. American Mineralogist 101, 1129-1134  [view file]