Zirsilite-(Ce) R200001

Name: Zirsilite-(Ce)
RRUFF ID: R200001
Ideal Chemistry: (Na,◻)12(Ce,Na)3Ca6Mn3Zr3NbSi25O73(OH)3(CO3)·H2O
Locality: Sagasen Quarry, Morje, Porsgreunn, Telemark, Norway
Source: Don Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellowish orange grains in albite-aegirine-nepheline matrix
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction.
Mineral Group: [ eudialyte (13) ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
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RRUFF ID: R200001
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Sample Description: Unoriented Raman on the primary sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R200001.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 14.3247(24)Å    b: 14.3247(24)Å    c: 30.0696(38)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 120°   Volume: 5343.5(13)Å3    Crystal System: hexagonal
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REFERENCES for Zirsilite-(Ce)

Grice J D, Ferraris G (2003) New minerals approved in 2002 and nomenclature modifications approved 1998-2002 by the commission on new minerals and mineral names, International Mineralogical Association, American Mineralogist, 88, 1620-1624   [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]

Johnsen O, Ferraris G, Gault R A, Grice J D, Kampf A R, Pekov I V (2003) The nomenclature of eudialyte-group minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 41, 785-794   [view file]

Khomyakov A P, Dusmatov V D, Ferraris G, Gula A, lvaldi G, Nechelyustov G N (2003) Zirsilite-(Ce), (Na,◻)12(Ce,Na)3Ca6Mn3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(OH)3(CO)3·H2O and carbokentbrooksite (Na,◻)(Na,Ce)3Ca6Mn3Zr3Nb(Si25O73)(OH)3(CO)3·H2O - two new eudialyte group minerals from Dara-i-Pioz alkaline massif, Tajikista, Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 132, issue 5 40-51   [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C (2004) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 89, 1826-1834   [view file]

Mandarino J A (2004) New minerals, The Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 1241-1260   [view file]

Pekov I V (2007) New minerals from former Soviet Union countries, 1998-2006: new minerals approved by the IMA commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Almanac, 11, 9-51   [view file]

Rastsvetaeva R K, Chukanov N V (2012) Classification of eudialyte-group minerals, Geology of Ore Deposits, 54, 487-497   [view file]

Borst A M, Finch A A, Friis H, Horsburgh N J, Gamaletsos P N, Goettlicher J, Steininger R, Geraki K (2020) Structural state of rare earth elements in eudialyte-group minerals, Mineralogical Magazine, 84, 19-34