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    Yttrotungstite-(Y)
    Ytgs-Y
    YW2O7(OH)(H2O)
    YW6+2O7(OH)(H2O)
    Y W6+ O H
    Scrivenor J B, Shenton J C (1927) Thorotungstite. A mineral containing tungsten and thorium from the Federated Malay States. American Journal of Science 13, 487-490  [view file]
    Chemical formula revised and name changed from thorotungstite:
    Beard E H (1950) Thorotungstite - a misnomer. Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources 1, 50-51  [view file]
    Name changed from yttrotungstite:
    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]
    Chemical formula changed from Y(W,Fe,Si,Al,Ti)2(O,OH,H2O)9 to YW2O7(OH)(H2O):
    Bosi F, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2026) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 91. European Journal of Mineralogy 38, 347-352 ; https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-38-347-2026  [view file]
    Scrivenor J B, Shenton J C (1927) Thorotungstite. A mineral containing tungsten and thorium from the Federated Malay States. American Journal of Science 13, 487-490  [view file]
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    Beard E H (1950) Thorotungstite - a misnomer. Colonial Geology and Mineral Resources 1, 50-51  [view file]
    Bosi F, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2026) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 91. European Journal of Mineralogy 38, 347-352 ; https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-38-347-2026  [view file]
    Davis R J, Smith G W (1971) Yttrotungstite. Mineralogical Magazine 38, 261-285  [view file]
    Fleischer M (1951) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 36, 638-642  [view file]
    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]
    Sahama T G (1981) The secondary tungsten minerals, a review. The Mineralogical Record 12, 81-87  [view file]
    Sahama T G, von Knorring O, Lehtinen M (1970) Cerotungstite, a cerian analogue to yttrotungstite, from Uganda. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland 42, 223-228  [view file]
    Scrivenor J B, Shenton J C (1927) Thorotungstite. A mineral containing tungsten and thorium from the Federated Malay States. American Journal of Science 13, 487-490  [view file]