Synchysite-(Ce) R060971

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Name: Synchysite-(Ce)
RRUFF ID: R060971
Ideal Chemistry: CaCe(CO3)2F
Locality: Val Nalps, Tavetsch, Graubunden, Switzerland
Source: Michael Scott S101312 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellowish-orange prismatic crystals associated with albite, quartz, hematite and muscovite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
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CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060971.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: Ca1.02(Ce0.40La0.19Nd0.18Sm0.07Y0.06Pr0.05Gd0.03Th0.02)Σ=1.00(CO3)1.98F1.04
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
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RRUFF ID: R060971
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Sample Description: Unoriented sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060971.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 12.277(2)Å    b: 7.097(1)Å    c: 18.643(8)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 102.643(8)°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 1585.7(4)Å3    Crystal System: monoclinic
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REFERENCES for Synchysite-(Ce)

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

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

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Wang L, Ni Y, Hughes J M, Bayliss P, Drexler J W (1994) The atomic arrangement of synchysite-(Ce), CeCaF(CO3)2, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 865-871   [view file]

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Capitani G (2020) Synchysite-(Ce) from Cinquevalli (Trento, Italy): Stacking disorder and the polytypism of (Ca,REE)-fluorcarbonates, Minerals, 10, 77   [view file]

Conconi R, Fumagalli P, Capitani G (2023) A multi-methodological study of the bastnäsite-synchysite polysomatic series: Tips and tricks of polysome identification and the origin of syntactic intergrowths, American Mineralogist, 108, 1658-1668