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Name: Bridgesite-(Ce) RRUFF ID: R230003 Ideal Chemistry: CaCe2Cu6(SO4)4(OH)12·8H2O Locality: Tynebottom Mine, Cumbria, United Kingdom Source: Neil Hubbard Owner: RRUFF Description: Translucent blue crystals with a lath-like to acicular habit, aggregated into thin crusts, associated with colorless platy lanthanite-(Ce) (R230004). Status: unconfirmed |
| Mineral Group: [ Not in a structural group (133) ] | ||
| REFERENCES for Bridgesite-(Ce) | |
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Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 52. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 887-893 [view file] |
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Rumsey M S, Hawthorne F C, Spratt J, Najorka J, Montgomery W (2022) Bridgesite-(Ce), a new rare earth element sulfate, with a unique crystal structure, from Tynebottom Mine, Cumbria, United Kingdom, Mineralogical Magazine, 86, 570-576 |
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