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Name: Calcioancylite-(Ce) RRUFF ID: R130005 Ideal Chemistry: (Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO3)(OH,H2O) Locality: Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada Source: Don Doell [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Granular massive, green under sunlight, light red under microscope light, associated with albite and rhodochrosite Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by single crystal X-ray diffraction. |
Mineral Group: [ Ancylite (6) ] | ||
Quick search: [ All Calcioancylite-(Ce) samples (2) ] |
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RRUFF ID: | R130005.9 | ||||||
Sample Description: | Single crystal, powder profile is calculated | ||||||
Cell Refinement Output: |
a: 4.994(2)Å b: 8.500(3)Å c: 7.264(4)Å alpha: 90° beta: 90° gamma: 90° Volume: 308.33(9)Å3 Crystal System: orthorhombic |
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REFERENCES for Calcioancylite-(Ce) | |
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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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Fersman A E (1922) Results of the expeditions to Mount Chibina, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie, 1922, 59-62 [view file] |
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Fersman A E (1923) Note sur l'expédition aux Monts Chibines et Lujawrurt en Laponie russe en 1923, Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Russie, 1, 61-64 [view file] |
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Fersman A E (1923) The Chibina Massiv of Kola Island, Transactions of the Northern Scientific and Economic Expedition, 16, 16–73 [view file] |
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Fersman A E (1926) Minerals of the Kola Peninsula, American Mineralogist, 11, 289-299 [view file] |
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Foshag W F, Schairer J F (1927) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 12, 95-98 [view file] |
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Palache C, Berman H, Frondel C (1951) 16.2.10 Ancylite [(Ce,La)4(Sr,Ca)3(CO3)7(OH)4·3H2O], in Dana's System of Mineralogy, Volume II, Seventh Edition John Wiley and Sons, Inc New York 291-293 |
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Keidel F A, Montgomery A, Wolfe C W, Christian R P (1971) Calcian ancylite from Pennsylvania: New data, The Mineralogical Record, 2, 18-36 |
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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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Pekov I V, Petersen O V, Voloshin A V (1997) Calcio-ancylite-(Ce) from Ilímaussaq and Narssârssuk, Greenland, Kola peninsula and Polar Urals, Russia; ancylite-(Ce) - calcio-ancylite-(Ce) an isomorphous series, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Abhandlungen, 171, 309-322 |
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Tahara T, Nakai I, Miyawaki R, Matsubara S (2007) Crystal chemistry of RE(CO3)OH, Zeitschrift für Kristallographie, 222, 326-334 |
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Sheu H S, Shih W J, Chuang W T, Li I F, Yeh C S (2010) Crystal structure and phase transitions of Gd(CO3)OH studied by synchrotron powder diffraction, Journal of the Chinese Chemical Society, 57, 938-945 |
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