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Name: Kukharenkoite-(Ce) RRUFF ID: R110190 Ideal Chemistry: Ba2Ce(CO3)3F Locality: Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada Source: Donald Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Radial sprays of white bladed crystals Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. |
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RRUFF ID: | R110190.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 13.353(2)Å b: 5.0967(6)Å c: 6.646(1)Å alpha: 90° beta: 106.500(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 433.7(1)Å3 Crystal System: monoclinic |
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REFERENCES for Kukharenkoite-(Ce) | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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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] |
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Zaitsev A N, Yakovenchuk V N, Chao G Y, Gault R A, Subbotin V V, Pakhomosky Y A, Bogdanova A N (1996) Kukharenkoite-(Ce), Ba2Ce(CO3)3F, a new mineral from Kola peninsula, Russia and Quebec, Canada, European Journal of Mineralogy, 8, 1327-1336 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Pertsev N N, Roberts A C (1997) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 82, 1038-1041 [view file] |
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