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Name: Fergusonite-(Ce) RRUFF ID: R110050 Ideal Chemistry: CeNbO4·0.3H2O Locality: Mount Malosa, Zomba District, Malawi Source: Donald M Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Brown prismatic crystals on microcline, associated with zircon Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Scheelite (17) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R110050.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 5.162(3)Å b: 5.162(3)Å c: 10.925(8)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 291.15(7)Å3 Crystal System: tetragonal |
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REFERENCES for Fergusonite-(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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Fleischer M, Chao G Y, Kato A (1975) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 60, 485-489 [view file] |
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Kapustin Y L (1986) Rare-earth mineralization in late carbonatites of the Novopoltavsk Massif, Novye dannye o mineralakh SSSR, 33, 43-52 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Vanko D A (1989) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 74, 946-951 [view file] |
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Skinner S J, Brooks I J E, Munnings C N (2004) Tetragonal CeNbO4 at 1073 K in air and in vacuo, Acta Crystallographica, C60, i37-i39 |
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