Davidite is a
rare earth oxide mineral with chemical end members
La and
Ce. It exists in two forms:
*Davidite-(La) discovered at
Radium Hill mine,
South Australia
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in 1906 and named by
Douglas Mawson
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for Australian geologist
Tannatt William Edgeworth David (1858-1934).
[Branagan, D.F. (2005): ''T.W. Edgeworth David: A Life: Geologist, Adventurer and "Knight in the Old Brown Hat"'', National Library of Australia, Canberra, p. 471. ]
*Davidite-(Ce) first described in 1960 from Vemork,
Iveland,
Norway
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.
References
Uranium minerals
Trigonal minerals
Minerals in space group 148
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