Cebaite-(Ce) - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Cebaite-(Ce) R060248

Name: Cebaite-(Ce)
RRUFF ID: R060248
Ideal Chemistry: Ba₃Ce₂(CO₃)₅F₂
Locality: Baiyun-Obo mine, Inner Mongolia, China
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Gemmy yellow to orange-yellow massive; some cleavage evident, associated with green aegirine
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060248.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ba_2.95Sr_0.02Ca_0.01)_Σ=2.98(Ce_0.98La_0.60Nd_0.27Pr_0.10)_Σ=1.95(CO₃)_5.01F_2.16
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060248

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060248.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 21.417(3)Å b: 5.0804(8)Å c: 13.289(2)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 94.943(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1440.5(6)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Cebaite-(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]
Zhang P, Tao K (1983) New data for cebaite, Scientia Geologica Sinica, 1983, issue 4 409-413 [view file]
Li F H, Hashimoto H (1984) Use of dynamical scattering in the structure determination of a minute fluorocarbonate mineral cebaite Ba₃Ce₂(CO₃)₅F₂ by high-resolution electron microscopy, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 454-461
Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fleischer M, Ferraiolo J A, Langley R H, Pabst A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 214-221 [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]
Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 1108-1112 [view file]
Yang Z (1995) Structure redetermination of natural cebaite - (Ce), Ba₃Ce₂(CO₃)5F₂, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1995, 56-64
Yang X M, Yang X Y, Zhang P S, Le Bas M J (2000) Ba-REE fluorcarbonate minerals from a carbonatite dyke at Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, North China, Mineralogy and Petrology, 70, 221-234

REFERENCES for Cebaite-(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]

Zhang P, Tao K (1983) New data for cebaite, Scientia Geologica Sinica, 1983, issue 4 409-413 [view file]

Li F H, Hashimoto H (1984) Use of dynamical scattering in the structure determination of a minute fluorocarbonate mineral cebaite Ba₃Ce₂(CO₃)₅F₂ by high-resolution electron microscopy, Acta Crystallographica, B40, 454-461

Dunn P J, Chao G Y, Fleischer M, Ferraiolo J A, Langley R H, Pabst A, Zilczer J A (1985) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 70, 214-221 [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]

Jambor J L, Puziewicz J (1993) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 78, 1108-1112 [view file]

Yang Z (1995) Structure redetermination of natural cebaite - (Ce), Ba₃Ce₂(CO₃)5F₂, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 1995, 56-64

Yang X M, Yang X Y, Zhang P S, Le Bas M J (2000) Ba-REE fluorcarbonate minerals from a carbonatite dyke at Bayan Obo, Inner Mongolia, North China, Mineralogy and Petrology, 70, 221-234