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Synchysite-(Ce) R060971

Name: Synchysite-(Ce)
RRUFF ID: R060971
Ideal Chemistry: CaCe(CO₃)₂F
Locality: Val Nalps, Tavetsch, Graubunden, Switzerland
Source: Michael Scott S101312 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Yellowish-orange prismatic crystals associated with albite, quartz, hematite and muscovite
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.

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CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R060971.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	Ca_1.02(Ce_0.40La_0.19Nd_0.18Sm_0.07Y_0.06Pr_0.05Gd_0.03Th_0.02)_Σ=1.00(CO₃)_1.98F_1.04
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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RRUFF ID:

R060971

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R060971.9

Sample Description:

Single crystal, powder profile is calculated

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 12.277(2)Å b: 7.097(1)Å c: 18.643(8)Å
alpha: 90° beta: 102.643(8)° gamma: 90° Volume: 1585.7(4)Å³ Crystal System: monoclinic

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 Synchysite-(Ce)
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]
Flink G (1901) Part I. On the minerals from Narsarsuk on the Firth of Tunugdliarfik in Southern Greenland. Parisite, Meddelelser om Grønland, 24, 29-42 [view file]
Flink G (1901) Ueber den Synchysit, Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala, 5, 81-87 [view file]
Böggild O B (1906) On some minerals, Meddelelser om Grønland, 33, 97-362 [view file]
Donnay G, Donnay J D H (1953) The crystallography of bastnaesite, parisite, roentgenite, and synchisite, American Mineralogist, 38, 932-963 [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]
Ni Y, Hughes J M, Mariano A N, (1993) The atomic arrangement of bastnasite-(Ce), Ce(CO₃)F, and structural elements of synchysite-(Ce), röntgenite-(Ce), and parisite-(Ce), American Mineralogist, 78, 415-418 [view file]
Wang L, Ni Y, Hughes J M, Bayliss P, Drexler J W (1994) The atomic arrangement of synchysite-(Ce), CeCaF(CO₃)₂, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 865-871 [view file]
Jambor J L, Roberts A C, (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 1073-1077 [view file]
Zaitsev A N, Wall F, Le Bas M J (1998) REE-Sr-Ba minerals from the Khibina carbonatites, Kola Peninsula, Russia: their mineralogy, paragenesis and evolution, Mineralogical Magazine, 62(2), 225-250 [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]
Guastoni A, Nestola F, Giaretta A (2009) Mineral chemistry and alteration of rare earth element (REE) carbonates from alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa, Malawi, American Mineralogist, 94, 1216-1222 [view file]
Turner D J, Rivard B, Groat L A (2014) Visible and short-wave infrared reflectance spectroscopy of REE fluorocarbonates, American Mineralogist, 99, 1335-1346
Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233
Capitani G (2020) Synchysite-(Ce) from Cinquevalli (Trento, Italy): Stacking disorder and the polytypism of (Ca,REE)-fluorcarbonates, Minerals, 10, 77 [view file]
Conconi R, Fumagalli P, Capitani G (2023) A multi-methodological study of the bastnäsite-synchysite polysomatic series: Tips and tricks of polysome identification and the origin of syntactic intergrowths, American Mineralogist, 108, 1658-1668

REFERENCES for Synchysite-(Ce)

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]

Flink G (1901) Part I. On the minerals from Narsarsuk on the Firth of Tunugdliarfik in Southern Greenland. Parisite, Meddelelser om Grønland, 24, 29-42 [view file]

Flink G (1901) Ueber den Synchysit, Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala, 5, 81-87 [view file]

Böggild O B (1906) On some minerals, Meddelelser om Grønland, 33, 97-362 [view file]

Donnay G, Donnay J D H (1953) The crystallography of bastnaesite, parisite, roentgenite, and synchisite, American Mineralogist, 38, 932-963 [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]

Ni Y, Hughes J M, Mariano A N, (1993) The atomic arrangement of bastnasite-(Ce), Ce(CO₃)F, and structural elements of synchysite-(Ce), röntgenite-(Ce), and parisite-(Ce), American Mineralogist, 78, 415-418 [view file]

Wang L, Ni Y, Hughes J M, Bayliss P, Drexler J W (1994) The atomic arrangement of synchysite-(Ce), CeCaF(CO₃)₂, The Canadian Mineralogist, 32, 865-871 [view file]

Jambor J L, Roberts A C, (1995) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 80, 1073-1077 [view file]

Zaitsev A N, Wall F, Le Bas M J (1998) REE-Sr-Ba minerals from the Khibina carbonatites, Kola Peninsula, Russia: their mineralogy, paragenesis and evolution, Mineralogical Magazine, 62(2), 225-250 [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]

Guastoni A, Nestola F, Giaretta A (2009) Mineral chemistry and alteration of rare earth element (REE) carbonates from alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa, Malawi, American Mineralogist, 94, 1216-1222 [view file]

Turner D J, Rivard B, Groat L A (2014) Visible and short-wave infrared reflectance spectroscopy of REE fluorocarbonates, American Mineralogist, 99, 1335-1346

Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa, American Mineralogist, 102, 1218-1233

Capitani G (2020) Synchysite-(Ce) from Cinquevalli (Trento, Italy): Stacking disorder and the polytypism of (Ca,REE)-fluorcarbonates, Minerals, 10, 77 [view file]

Conconi R, Fumagalli P, Capitani G (2023) A multi-methodological study of the bastnäsite-synchysite polysomatic series: Tips and tricks of polysome identification and the origin of syntactic intergrowths, American Mineralogist, 108, 1658-1668