Why do my photos duplicate in a Collection when I export them

I exported some of the photos in my collection and now I see the same picture twice when I click on the collection. I you control-click the photos in Lightroom and select Show in Finder in the por-up menu, it will show the same file for both the pictures. I have tried every option and the duplicates still show up.

Seán McCormack wrote:
I suspect it's the latter option in Beat's list: Add to Catalog was ticked when you exported.
That was also my first suspicion, but then, by doing so:
The catalog should show a JPG right next to a RAW, not 2 RAW images of the same original
The images in the catalog should point to different folders, one (the RAW) to the original, the other one (the JPG) to the export folder, in this case the new folder on the desktop.
So I think it must be something else ...
Beat Gossweiler
Switzerland

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