Britholite-（Y）（abukumalite）,arare-earthmineralfirstdiscoveredinJapanandSovietUnionin1963,wasrecentlydiscoveredinHenanProvince,China,bySongChunliu,QiaoBingkunandZhangJianhong.Itisasilicatemineralofa-patite-structure.Itschemicalformulais（Y,Ca,Dy）（SiO4）3（OH,F）.Itcontainsabout44%YRO3andnearly5%Dy2O3.Themineraloccursingraniteinassociationwithgadolinite,fergusonite,samarskite,
