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Name: Cerite-(CeCa) RRUFF ID: R130614 Ideal Chemistry: (Ce7Ca2)◻Mg(SiO4)3(SiO3OH)4(OH)3 Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada Source: Don Doell Owner: RRUFF Description: Hexagonal platy pink crystals, associated with catapleiite and aegirine. The color is dependent upon light source. Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
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Mineral Group: [ Cerite (11) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Cerite-(CeCa) samples (2) ] |
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POWDER DIFFRACTION | |||||||
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RRUFF ID: | R130614.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 10.862(2)Å b: 10.862(2)Å c: 38.346(9)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 3918.0(8)Å3 Crystal System: hexagonal |
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REFERENCES for Cerite-(CeCa) | |
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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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Hisinger W, Berzelius J J (1804) Cerium ein neues Metall aus einer Schwedischen Steinart, Bastnäs Tungestein genannt, Neues Allgemeines Journal der Chemie, 2, 397-418 [view file] |
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Geijer P (1921) The cerium minerals of Bastnäs at Riddarhyttan, Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Arsbok 14 (1920) 304, 1-24 [view file] |
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Glass J J, Evans H T, Carron M K, Hildebrand F A (1958) Cerite from Mountain Pass, San Bernardino County, California, American Mineralogist, 43, 460-475 [view file] |
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Moore P B, Shen J (1983) Cerite, RE9(Fe3+,Mg)(SiO4)6(SiO3OH)(OH)3: Its crystal structure and relation to whitlockite, American Mineralogist, 68, 996-1003 [view file] |
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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] |
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Förster H J (2000) Cerite-(Ce) and thorian synchysite-(Ce) from the Niederbobritzsch granite, Erzgebirge, Germany: implications for the differential mobility of the LREE and Th during alteration, The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, 67-79 [view file] |
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Pakhomovsky Y A, Menshikov Y P, Yakovenchuk V N, Ivanyuk G Y, Krivovichev S V, Burns P C (2002) Cerite-(La), (La, Ce, Ca)9(Fe,Ca,Mg)(SiO4)3[SiO3(OH)]4(OH)3, a new mineral species from the Khibina alkaline massif: Occurrence and crystal structure, The Canadian Mineralogist, 40, 1177-1184 [view file] |
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Holtstam D, Andersson U B (2007) The REE minerals of the Bastnäs-type deposits, south-central Sweden, The Canadian Mineralogist, 45, 1073-1114 [view file] |
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MacDonald R, Bagiński B, Kartashov P M, Zozulya D, Dzierżanowski (2015) Interaction of rare-metal minerals with hydrothermal fluids: Evidence from quartz-epidote metasomatites of the Haldzan Buragtag Massif, Mongolian Altai, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 1015-1034 |
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Turner D J, Rivard B, Groat L A (2018) Visible and short-wave infrared reflectance spectoscopy of selected REE-bearing silicate minerals, American Mineralogist, 103, 927-943 |
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Atencio D, Azzi A A, Qu K, Miyawaki R, Bosi F, Momma K (2023) Changes to the cerite group nomenclature, European Journal of Mineralogy, 35, 1027-1030 [view file] |
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Bosi F, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2023) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) - Newsletter 73, European Journal of Mineralogy, 35, 397-402 [view file] |
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