Monazite-(Ce) R040106 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Monazite-(Ce) R040106

Name: Monazite-(Ce)
RRUFF ID: R040106
Ideal Chemistry: CePO₄
Locality: Angola
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 5580 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown massive fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R040106.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ce_0.41La_0.17Nd_0.17Th_0.14Ca_0.06Y_0.04)(P_0.95Si_0.05)O₄
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Sample is oriented, mounted onto a pin and polished

Pin ID:

M00462

Orientation:

Laser parallel to -a* (-1 0 0). Fiducial mark perpendicular to laser is parallel to b [0 1 0].

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R040106

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample; 785 spectrum overwhelmed by fluorescence

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R040106.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R040106.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.757(2)Å b: 6.9840(9)Å c: 6.481(1)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 103.75(2)° gamma: 90.° Volume: 297.1(1) 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.

File Type Information

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

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REFERENCES for Monazite-(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]
Breithaupt J F A (1829) Neue krystallographische Bestimmung und mineralogische Charakteristik verschiedener Mineralspecien, II. Ueber den Monazit, eine neue Specie des Mineral-Reichs, Journal für Chemie und Physik, 55, 296-306 [view file]
Claringbull G F (1953) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 38, 734-737 [view file]
Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file]
Levinson A A (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals, American Mineralogist, 51, 152-158 [view file]
Petruk W, Owens D R (1975) Monazite from the Mount Pleasant deposit, New Brunswick, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 298-299 [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]
Demartin F, Pilati T, Diella V, Donzelli S, Gramaccioli C M (1991) Alpine monazite: further data, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 61-67 [view file]
Ni Y, Hughes J M, Mariano A N (1995) Crystal chemistry of the monazite and xenotime structures, American Mineralogist, 80, 21-26 [view file]
Van Emden B, Thornber M R, Graham J, Lincoln F J (1997) The incorporation of actinides in monazite and xenotime from placer deposits in Western Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 95-104 [view file]
Chakhmouradian A R, Mitchell R H (1999) Niobian ilmenite, hydroxylapatite and sulfatian monazite: alternative hosts for incompatible elements in calcite kimberlite from Internatsional'naya, Yakutia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1177-1189 [view file]
Zhu X K, O'Nions R K (1999) Monazite chemical composition: some implications for monazite geochronology, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 137, 351-363
Teterin Y A, Utkin I O, Melnikov I V, Lebedev A M, Teterin A Y, Ivanov K E, Nikitin A S, Vukchevich L (2000) X-ray photoelectron study of thorium silicate ThSiO₄·nH₂O and uranium silicate USiO₄·nH₂O, Journal of Structural Chemistry, 41, 965-971
Linthout K (2007) Tripartite division of the system 2REEPO₄—CaTh(PO₄)₂—2ThSiO₄, discreditation of brabantite, and recognition of cheralite as the name for members dominated by CaTh(PO₄)₂, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 503-508 [view file]
Nasdala L, Grötzschel R, Probst S, Bleisteiner B (2010) Irradiation damage in monazite-(Ce): An example to establish the limits of Raman confocality and depth resolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 351-359

REFERENCES for Monazite-(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]

Breithaupt J F A (1829) Neue krystallographische Bestimmung und mineralogische Charakteristik verschiedener Mineralspecien, II. Ueber den Monazit, eine neue Specie des Mineral-Reichs, Journal für Chemie und Physik, 55, 296-306 [view file]

Claringbull G F (1953) Mineralogical Society (London), American Mineralogist, 38, 734-737 [view file]

Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 39, 402-408 [view file]

Levinson A A (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals, American Mineralogist, 51, 152-158 [view file]

Petruk W, Owens D R (1975) Monazite from the Mount Pleasant deposit, New Brunswick, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 298-299 [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]

Demartin F, Pilati T, Diella V, Donzelli S, Gramaccioli C M (1991) Alpine monazite: further data, The Canadian Mineralogist, 29, 61-67 [view file]

Ni Y, Hughes J M, Mariano A N (1995) Crystal chemistry of the monazite and xenotime structures, American Mineralogist, 80, 21-26 [view file]

Van Emden B, Thornber M R, Graham J, Lincoln F J (1997) The incorporation of actinides in monazite and xenotime from placer deposits in Western Australia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 35, 95-104 [view file]

Chakhmouradian A R, Mitchell R H (1999) Niobian ilmenite, hydroxylapatite and sulfatian monazite: alternative hosts for incompatible elements in calcite kimberlite from Internatsional'naya, Yakutia, The Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 1177-1189 [view file]

Zhu X K, O'Nions R K (1999) Monazite chemical composition: some implications for monazite geochronology, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 137, 351-363

Teterin Y A, Utkin I O, Melnikov I V, Lebedev A M, Teterin A Y, Ivanov K E, Nikitin A S, Vukchevich L (2000) X-ray photoelectron study of thorium silicate ThSiO₄·nH₂O and uranium silicate USiO₄·nH₂O, Journal of Structural Chemistry, 41, 965-971

Linthout K (2007) Tripartite division of the system 2REEPO₄—CaTh(PO₄)₂—2ThSiO₄, discreditation of brabantite, and recognition of cheralite as the name for members dominated by CaTh(PO₄)₂, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 503-508 [view file]

Nasdala L, Grötzschel R, Probst S, Bleisteiner B (2010) Irradiation damage in monazite-(Ce): An example to establish the limits of Raman confocality and depth resolution, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 351-359