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Cordylite-(Ce) R110181
Name: Cordylite-(Ce)
RRUFF ID: R110181
Ideal Chemistry: (Na,Ca,◻)BaCe2(CO3)4(F,O)
Locality: Demix Quarry, Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Source: Donald Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Tan colored hexagonal prism associated with albite and siderite (Raman people, check the ID of these associated minerals).The cordylite may be mixed with parisite. Need to check this carefully!
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ Cordylite (1) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
RRUFF ID:
Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample; 780 nm spectrum is overwhelmed by fluorescence.
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RRUFF ID: R110181
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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: R110181.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 5.1077(6)Å    b: 5.1077(6)Å    c: 23.183(3)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 523.8(1)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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REFERENCES for Cordylite-(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]

Flink G (1901) On the minerals from Narsarsuk on the Firth of Tunugdliarfik in Southern Greenland. 10. Cordylite (Barium-parisite), Meddelelser om Grønland, 24, 42-49   [view file]

Böggild O B (1906) On some minerals, Meddelelser om Grønland, 33, 97-362   [view file]

Chen T T, Chao G Y (1975) Cordylite from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 93-94   [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, Roberts A C (1994) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 79, 763-767   [view file]

Giester G, Ni X, Jarosch D, Hughes J M, Rønsbo J, Yang Z, Zemann J (1998) Cordylite-(Ce): A crystal chemical investigation of material from four localities, including type material, American Mineralogist, 83, 178-184   [view file]

Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved in 1998-2002 by the Commission on the New Minerals and Mineral Names, International Mineralogical Association, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 795-802   [view file]

Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233