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Nioboaeschynite-(Ce) R110056

Name: Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)
RRUFF ID: R110056
Ideal Chemistry: (Ce,Ca)(Nb,Ti)₂(O,OH)₆
Locality: Upper Fir carbonatite, Kamloops mining division, British Columbia, Canada
Source: Don Doell [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black platy crystals and cleavages, massive
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Aeschynite (8) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R110056.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment, Lighter phase is slightly enriched in Th, chemical formula represents the average over the image.
Measured Chemistry:	(Ce_0.35Ca_0.25Nd_0.14La_0.12Th_0.06Pr_0.04Fe_0.03Sm_0.02Y_0.02Gd_0.01Sr_0.01)_Σ=1.05(Nb_1.13Ti_0.86)_Σ=1.99O₆
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R110056

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Raman on the primary sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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	Raman Data (Processed)
	RRUFF File

POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R110056.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 11.087(2)Å b: 7.573(2)Å c: 5.375(1)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 451.3(1)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
	RRUFF File

REFERENCES for Nioboaeschynite-(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]
Komkov A I (1959) On minerals of the euxenite-polycrase and blomstrandine-priorite series, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 126, 641-644
Zhabin A G, Mukhitdinov G N, Kazakova M E (1960) Paragenetic associations of accessory rare-element minerals in exocontact fenitized rocks of the miaskite intrusive of Vishnevye Gor, Trudy Institut Mineralogii, Geokhimii, Kristallokhim. Redkikh Elementov, Akademiia Nauk SSSR, 4, 51-73 [view file]
Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 414-420 [view file]
Rosenblum S, Mosier E L (1975) Nonmetamict nioboeschynite-(Ce) from Alaska, American Mineralogist, 60, 309-315 [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]
Pinckston R D, Smith D G W (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 516-532
Škoda R, Novák M (2007) Y,REE,Nb,Ta,Ti-oxide (AB₂O₆) minerals from REL-REE euxenite-subtype pegmatites of the Třebíč Pluton, Czech Republic; substitutions and fractionation trends, Lithos, 95, 43-57
Ma Q, Zhang A, Lü M, Zhou Y, Qiu Z, Zhou G (2007) Novel class of aeschynite structure LaNbTiO₆ - based orange-red phosphors via a modified combustion approach, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, 12693-12699
Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135 [view file]
Kan A, Ogawa H (2008) Crystal structural characterization and microwave dielectric properties of Ca(Ta_2-xNb_x)O₆ ceramics, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 47, 7716-7720
Qi X, Liu C M, Kuo C C (2010) Pr³⁺ doped LaTiNbO₆ as a single phosphor for white LEDs, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 492, L61-L63
Sumi S, Prabhakar Rao P, Deepa M, Koshy P (2010) Electrical conductivity and impedance spectroscopy studies of cerium based aeschynite type semiconducting oxides: CeTiMO₆ (M = Nb or Ta), Journal of Applied Physics, 108, 1-9
Annamma J, Shyla J, Manu K M (2011) Structure, microwave dielectric and optical properties of Ln_2/3Gd_1/3TiNbO₆ (Ln=Ce, Pr, Nd and Sm) ceramics, Journal of Materials Science, 22, 776-780
Morrison S M, Downs R T, Domanik K J, Yang H, Doell D (2012) Nioboaeschynite-(Ce), Ce(NbTi)O₆, Acta Crystallographica, E68, i64-i65 [view file]

REFERENCES for Nioboaeschynite-(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]

Komkov A I (1959) On minerals of the euxenite-polycrase and blomstrandine-priorite series, Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 126, 641-644

Zhabin A G, Mukhitdinov G N, Kazakova M E (1960) Paragenetic associations of accessory rare-element minerals in exocontact fenitized rocks of the miaskite intrusive of Vishnevye Gor, Trudy Institut Mineralogii, Geokhimii, Kristallokhim. Redkikh Elementov, Akademiia Nauk SSSR, 4, 51-73 [view file]

Fleischer M (1962) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 47, 414-420 [view file]

Rosenblum S, Mosier E L (1975) Nonmetamict nioboeschynite-(Ce) from Alaska, American Mineralogist, 60, 309-315 [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]

Pinckston R D, Smith D G W (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 516-532

Škoda R, Novák M (2007) Y,REE,Nb,Ta,Ti-oxide (AB₂O₆) minerals from REL-REE euxenite-subtype pegmatites of the Třebíč Pluton, Czech Republic; substitutions and fractionation trends, Lithos, 95, 43-57

Ma Q, Zhang A, Lü M, Zhou Y, Qiu Z, Zhou G (2007) Novel class of aeschynite structure LaNbTiO₆ - based orange-red phosphors via a modified combustion approach, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, 12693-12699

Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135 [view file]

Kan A, Ogawa H (2008) Crystal structural characterization and microwave dielectric properties of Ca(Ta_2-xNb_x)O₆ ceramics, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 47, 7716-7720

Qi X, Liu C M, Kuo C C (2010) Pr³⁺ doped LaTiNbO₆ as a single phosphor for white LEDs, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 492, L61-L63

Sumi S, Prabhakar Rao P, Deepa M, Koshy P (2010) Electrical conductivity and impedance spectroscopy studies of cerium based aeschynite type semiconducting oxides: CeTiMO₆ (M = Nb or Ta), Journal of Applied Physics, 108, 1-9

Annamma J, Shyla J, Manu K M (2011) Structure, microwave dielectric and optical properties of Ln_2/3Gd_1/3TiNbO₆ (Ln=Ce, Pr, Nd and Sm) ceramics, Journal of Materials Science, 22, 776-780

Morrison S M, Downs R T, Domanik K J, Yang H, Doell D (2012) Nioboaeschynite-(Ce), Ce(NbTi)O₆, Acta Crystallographica, E68, i64-i65 [view file]