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Strategic Minerals

A reference catalog of selected strategic mineral materials.

Photos may be PMG-supplied material images or illustrative references. Images alone do not verify mineral identity, origin, grade, treatment, or availability; confirm product details with lot-specific records.

Commodity photographs

A bastnäsite mineral specimen from Colorado, shown as a rare-earth reference

Bastnäsite

Bastnäsite is a rare-earth mineral and a source of neodymium; this specimen is an illustrative reference, not a PMG lot photograph.

Image: Bastnasite-155010.jpg · Rob Lavinsky / iRocks.com · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Brown xenotime crystals set among smoky quartz crystals

Xenotime

Xenotime crystals with smoky quartz, shown as an illustrative mineral specimen; the image does not represent a PMG lot.

Image: Xenotime-(Y)-Quartz-140449.jpg · Rob Lavinsky / iRocks.com · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Catalog list

Catalog commodities with accompanying illustrative reference photographs
ImageCommodityImage type
A bastnäsite mineral specimen from Colorado, shown as a rare-earth reference
NeodymiumIllustrative reference
A bastnäsite mineral specimen from Colorado, shown as a rare-earth reference
BastnäsiteIllustrative reference
Brown xenotime crystals set among smoky quartz crystals
XenotimeIllustrative reference