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The coherent scattering amplitude of neutrons by holmium has been redetermined. The method used here is interferometric based on the neutron refraction index of a metallic holmium platelet. The value found by this method, bHo = 8.01 (8) fm, agrees with that determined with polarized neutrons: bHo = 8.08 (5) fm.