Stillwellite-(Ce) R060911 - RRUFF Database: Raman, X-ray, Infrared, and Chemistry

Stillwellite-(Ce) R060911

Name: Stillwellite-(Ce)
RRUFF ID: R060911
Ideal Chemistry: CeBSiO₅
Locality: Dimbulah, Queensland, Australia
Source: Royal Ontario Museum M52515 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark orange crystalline blebs intergrown with fluorapatite
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060911

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 50% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060911.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 6.892(8)Å b: 6.892(8)Å c: 6.703(7)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 275.8(2) Crystal System: hexagonal

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REFERENCES for Stillwellite-(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]
McAndrew J, Scott T R (1955) Stillwellite, a new rare-earth mineral from Queensland, Nature, 176, 509-510
Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 370-372 [view file]
Voronkov A A, Pyatenko Y A (1967) X-ray diffraction study of the atomic structure of stillwellite CeBO[SiO₄], Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 12, 214-220
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 (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 1305-1309 [view file]
Burns P C, Hawthorne F C, MacDonald D J, Della Ventura G, Parodi G C (1993) The crystal structure of stillwellite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 147-152 [view file]

REFERENCES for Stillwellite-(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]

McAndrew J, Scott T R (1955) Stillwellite, a new rare-earth mineral from Queensland, Nature, 176, 509-510

Fleischer M (1956) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 41, 370-372 [view file]

Voronkov A A, Pyatenko Y A (1967) X-ray diffraction study of the atomic structure of stillwellite CeBO[SiO₄], Soviet Physics - Crystallography, 12, 214-220

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 (1992) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 77, 1305-1309 [view file]

Burns P C, Hawthorne F C, MacDonald D J, Della Ventura G, Parodi G C (1993) The crystal structure of stillwellite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 31, 147-152 [view file]