What is Adamsite-(Y)?
'''Adamsite-(Y)''' is a [[mineral]] that can be [[white]], pale [[pink]], pale [[purple]], or is colorless in [[color]] and is made of [[crystal]]s. It is named for [[Professor]] [[Frank Dawson Adams]] (1859-1942) of [[McGill University]], [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]] and is found in the Poudrette [[quarry]] in Quebec. It's environment is in a [[pegmatite]] [[dike (geology)|dike]] that is greatly heated. It is barely radioactive, and is easily scratched with [[calcite]] and it also breaks easily.<ref>[http://www.webmineral.com/data/Adamsite-%28Y%29.shtml Mineral Data Sheet]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Science-stub}} [[Category:Minerals]]