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Name: Lanthanite-(Ce) RRUFF ID: R230004 Ideal Chemistry: Ce2(CO3)3·8H2O Locality: Tynebottom Mine, Cumbria, United Kingdom Source: Neil Hubbard Owner: RRUFF Description: Colorless platy crystals, associated with blue bridgesite-(Ce) (R230003). Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction. |
| Mineral Group: [ Lanthanite (4) ] | ||
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| RRUFF ID: | R230004 | ||||
| Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 9.011(3) Å b: 9.582(4)Å c: 17.051(7)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 1472.2(1.2)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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| REFERENCES for Lanthanite-(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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Berzelius J (1825) Ueber die Veränderungen in dem chemischen Mineral-Systeme, Kohlensaures Cereroxydul, Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, 19, 193-218 [view file] |
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Genth F A (1857) 14. Lanthanite, American Journal of Science, 23, 425-426 [view file] |
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Lindström G (1910) Om lantaniten, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 32, 206-214 [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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Palache C, Berman H, Frondel C (1951) 15.2.10 Lanthanite [(La,Ce)2(CO3)3·8H2O], in The System of Mineralogy, 7th Edition, Volume II John Wiley and Sons Inc. New York 241-243 |
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Dal Negro A, Rossi G, Tazzoli V (1977) The crystal structure of lanthanite, American Mineralogist, 62, 142-146 [view file] |
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Bevins R E, Rowbotham G, Stephens F S, Turgoose S, Williams P A (1985) Lanthanite-(Ce), (Ce,La,Nd)2(CO3)3·8H2O, a new mineral from Wales, U.K., American Mineralogist, 70, 411-413 [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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Atencio D, Bevins R E, Fleischer M, Williams C T, Williams P A (1989) Revision of the lanthanite group and new data for specimens from Bastnäs, Sweden, and Bethlehem, USA, Mineralogical Magazine, 53, 639-642 [view file] |
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Rodriguez-Blanco J D, Vallina B, Blanco J A, Benning L G (2014) The role of REE3+ in the crystallization of lanthanites, Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 1373-1380 |
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