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Cerite-(CeCa) R060708

Name: Cerite-(CeCa)
RRUFF ID: R060708
Ideal Chemistry: (Ce₇Ca₂)◻Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃
Locality: Bastnas, Riddarhyttan, Sweden
Source: Bob Jenkins [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Pink thin but massive crystalline coating
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

Mineral Group: [ Cerite (11) ]

Quick search: [ All Cerite-(CeCa) samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060708.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Ce_4.01Nd_1.78La_1.76Ca_0.73Pr_0.48Y_0.14Sm⁺²_0.10Eu⁺²_0.09)_Σ=9.09(Mg_0.78Fe_0.23)_Σ=1.01(Si_1.07O₄)_6.000(SiO₃OH)(OH_1.66F_1.31Cl_0.03)_Σ=3.00; OH by stoichiometry
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample; 785 spectrum overwhelmed by fluorescence

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060708

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample; 785 spectrum overwhelmed by fluorescence

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060708.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 10.7358(7)Å b: 10.7358(7)Å c: 37.865(3)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 120° Volume: 3779.5(7)Å³ Crystal System: hexagonal

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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REFERENCES for Cerite-(CeCa)
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]
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]
Geijer P (1921) The cerium minerals of Bastnäs at Riddarhyttan, Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Arsbok 14 (1920) 304, 1-24 [view file]
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]
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]
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]
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]
Pakhomovsky Y A, Men’shikov 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]
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]
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
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
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]
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]

REFERENCES for Cerite-(CeCa)

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]

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]

Geijer P (1921) The cerium minerals of Bastnäs at Riddarhyttan, Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Arsbok 14 (1920) 304, 1-24 [view file]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Pakhomovsky Y A, Men’shikov 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]

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]

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

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

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]

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]