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: (Ba2.95Sr0.02Ca0.01)Σ=2.98(Ce0.98La0.60Nd0.27Pr0.10)Σ=1.95(CO3)5.01F2.16
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Sample
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RRUFF ID: R060248
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Sample Description: Unoriented Sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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
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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