R110058 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Fluocerite-(Ce) R110058

Name: Fluocerite-(Ce)
RRUFF ID: R110058
Ideal Chemistry: CeF₃
Locality: Little Patsy pegmatite, South Platte Pegmatite District, Jefferson County, Colorado, USA
Source: Rudy Bolona and Don Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tan colored massive
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Mineral Group: [ Fluocerite (1) ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample; 780 nm spectrum is overwhelmed by fluorescence.

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R110058

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample; 780 nm spectrum is overwhelmed by fluorescence.

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R110058.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 7.109(1)Å b: 7.109(1)Å c: 7.277(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 318.49(5)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Fluocerite-(Ce)
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Beudant F S (1832) Flucérine, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, Volume 2 Chez Verdière Paris 519-520 [view file]
Shepard C U (1832) Fluocerite, in Treatise on Mineralogy Hezekiah Howe New Haven 302-302 [view file]
Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. II. Ordnung. Baryte III. Cerebaryt. Fluocerit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 499-506 [view file]
Geijer P (1921) The cerium minerals of Bastnäs at Riddarhyttan, Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Arsbok 14 (1920) 304, 1-24 [view file]
Cheetham A K, Fender B E F, Fuess H, Wright A F (1976) A powder neutron diffraction study of lanthanum and cerium trifluorides, Acta Crystallographica, B32, 94-97
Styles M T, Young B R (1983) Fluocerite and its alteration products from the Afu Hills, Nigeria, Mineralogical Magazine, 47, 41-46 [view file]
Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]

REFERENCES for Fluocerite-(Ce)

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Beudant F S (1832) Flucérine, in Traité Élémentaire de Minéralogie, Volume 2 Chez Verdière Paris 519-520 [view file]

Shepard C U (1832) Fluocerite, in Treatise on Mineralogy Hezekiah Howe New Haven 302-302 [view file]

Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. II. Ordnung. Baryte III. Cerebaryt. Fluocerit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie Bei Braumüller and Seidel Wien 499-506 [view file]

Geijer P (1921) The cerium minerals of Bastnäs at Riddarhyttan, Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Arsbok 14 (1920) 304, 1-24 [view file]

Cheetham A K, Fender B E F, Fuess H, Wright A F (1976) A powder neutron diffraction study of lanthanum and cerium trifluorides, Acta Crystallographica, B32, 94-97

Styles M T, Young B R (1983) Fluocerite and its alteration products from the Afu Hills, Nigeria, Mineralogical Magazine, 47, 41-46 [view file]

Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]