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    Kainosite-(Y)
    Kno-Y
    Ca2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O
    Ca2Y2(SiO3)4(CO3)·H2O
    Ca Y Si O C H
    Nordenskiöld A E (1886) Mineralogiska bidrag. 9. Kainosit, ett nytt mineral från Hittero i Norge. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 8, 143-146  [view file]
    Name changed from kainosite:
    Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature. American Mineralogist 72, 1031-1042  [view file]
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    Giuseppetti G, Tadini C, Oddone M (1989) Cenosite-(Y) from Baveno, Novara (Italy): crystal structure. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte 1989, 153-164
    Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature. American Mineralogist 72, 1031-1042  [view file]
    Nordenskiöld A E (1886) Mineralogiska bidrag. 9. Kainosit, ett nytt mineral från Hittero i Norge. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar 8, 143-146  [view file]
    Rumanova I M, Volodina G F Belov N V (1967) The crystal structure of the rare earth ring silicate kainosite Ca2(Y,Tr)2[Si4O12] CO3·H2O. Soviet Physics - Crystallography 11, 485-491  [view file]