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    Aeschynite-(Y)
    Aes-Y
    Y(TiNb)O6
    Y(Ti4+Nb5+)O6
    Y Ti4+ Nb5+ O
    Originally named priorite:
    Brøgger W C (1906) Die Mineralien der Südnorwegischen Granitpegmatitgänge: Blomstrandin (und Priorit). Skrifter udgivne af Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania 1906(6), 1-162  [view file]
    Name changed to aeschynite-(Y):
    Levinson A A (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals. American Mineralogist 51, 152-158  [view file]
    Chemical formula changed from (Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6 to Y(TiNb)O6:
    Zhu Z, Yu H, Rao C, Chen Z, Wu B, Wang R, Wang D (2026) Nomenclature and classification of the aeschynite-group minerals. American Mineralogist 111, 1652-1664 ; https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2025-9978  [view file]
    Brøgger W C (1906) Die Mineralien der Südnorwegischen Granitpegmatitgänge: Blomstrandin (und Priorit). Skrifter udgivne af Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania 1906(6), 1-162  [view file]
    Bonazzi P, Menchetti S (1999) Crystal chemistry of aeschynite-(Y) from the Western Alps: residual electron density on difference-Fourier map. European Journal of Mineralogy 11, 1043-1049  [view file]
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    Aleksandrov V B (1962) The crystal structure of aeschynite. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 142, 181-184  [view file]
    Annamma J, Shyla J, Manu K M (2011) Structure, microwave dielectric and optical properties of Ln2/3Gd1/3TiNbO6 (Ln = Ce, Pr, Nd and Sm) ceramics. Journal of Materials Science 22, 776-780
    Bonazzi P, Magnanelli S (1994) Non-metamict Ti-rich aeschynite-(Y) from the Triolet Valley (Western Alps, Italy). Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte 6, 275-288
    Bonazzi P, Menchetti S (1999) Crystal chemistry of aeschynite-(Y) from the Western Alps: residual electron density on difference-Fourier map. European Journal of Mineralogy 11, 1043-1049  [view file]
    Bosi F, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2025) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 85. European Journal of Mineralogy 37, 337-342  [view file]
    Brøgger W C (1906) Die Mineralien der Südnorwegischen Granitpegmatitgänge: Blomstrandin (und Priorit). Skrifter udgivne af Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania 1906(6), 1-162  [view file]
    Capitani G C, Mugnaioli E, Guastoni A (2016) What is the actual structure of samarskite-(Y)? A TEM investigation of metamict samarskite from the Garnet Codera dike pegmatite (Central Italian Alps). American Mineralogist 101, 1679-1690  [view file]
    Capitani G, Mugnaioli E, Gentile P (2018) Submicrometer yttrian zircon coating and arborescent aeschynite microcrystals on truncated bipyramidal anatase: An electron microscopy study of miarolitic cavities in the Cuasso al Monte granophyre (Varese, Italy). American Mineralogist 103, 480-488  [view file]
    Ewing R C, Krumhansl J L (1974) Natural gamma-ray spectra of euxenite, polycrase and aeschynite. The Canadian Mineralogist 12, 357-359  [view file]
    Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 47, 414-420  [view file]
    Fleischer M (1965) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 50, 2096-2111  [view file]
    Fleischer, M (1966) Rare earths in the aeschynite-priorite series. The status of lyndochite. Mineralogical Magazine 35, 801-809  [view file]
    International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names. Mineralogical Magazine 43, 1053-1055  [view file]
    Kan A, Ogawa H (2008) Crystal structural characterization and microwave dielectric properties of Ca(Ta2-xNbx)O6 ceramics. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 47, 7716-7720
    Komkov A I (1959) On minerals of the euxenite-polycrase and blomstrandine-priorite series. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 126, 641-644  [view file]
    Levinson A A (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals. American Mineralogist 51, 152-158  [view file]
    Ma Q, Zhang A, Lü M, Zhou Y, Qiu Z, Zhou G (2007) Novel class of aeschynite structure LaNbTiO6 - based orange-red phosphors via a modified combustion approach. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111, 12693-12699
    Paschoal C W A, Moreira R L, Fantini C, Pimenta M A, Surendran K P, Sebastian M T (2003) Raman scattering study of RETiTaO6 dielectric ceramics. Journal of the European Ceramic Society 23, 2661-2666
    Popova V, Popov V, Kasatkin A, Kuznetsov A (2019) Aeschynite group minerals from Vishnevye Mountains (South Urals). Mineralogy 5, 16-25 ; https://doi.org/10.35597/2313-545x-2019-5-3-16-25  [view file]
    Qi X, Liu C M, Kuo C C (2010) Pr3+ doped LaTiNbO6 as a single phosphor for white LEDs. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 492, L61-L63
    Škoda R, Novák M (2007) Y,REE,Nb,Ta,Ti-oxide (AB2O6) minerals from REL-REE euxenite-subtype pegmatites of the Třebíč Pluton, Czech Republic; substitutions and fractionation trends. Lithos 95, 43-57
    Tomašić N, Gajović A, Bermanec V, Rajić M (2004) Recrystallization of metamict Nb-Ta-Ti-REE complex oxides: A coupled X-ray-diffraction and Raman spectroscopy study of aeschynite-(Y) and polycrase-(Y). The Canadian Mineralogist 42, 1847-1857  [view file]
    Zhu Z, Yu H, Rao C, Chen Z, Wu B, Wang R, Wang D (2026) Nomenclature and classification of the aeschynite-group minerals. American Mineralogist 111, 1652-1664 ; https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2025-9978  [view file]