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Yuksporite

Named after its discovery locality near Mt. Yukspor in the Kola Peninsula, Russia.  Found only in Russian alkali massifs, Yuksporite occurs in nepheline syenite veins. Yuksporite is one of the only two members of the Umbite Group.

Ref. Handbook of Mineralogy, Anthony et al (1995) and MSA at http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/yuksporite.pdf

Yvonite

Named after Professor of Crystallography at Geneva University in Geneva, Switzerland, Klaus Yvon.  Yvonite is found in only two countries Worldwide, France and the Czech Republic and takes its type locality from the Salsigne mine in France. There, it is formed as a secondary mineral on samples from gold-bearing arsenic sulfide mine dumps.

Ref. Handbook of Mineralogy, Anthony et al (1995) and MSA at http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/yvonite.pdf

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