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Name: Fluorbritholite-(Ce) RRUFF ID: R070412 Ideal Chemistry: (Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3F Locality: Lakarp, Norra Kärr, Gränna, Jönköping, Småland, Sweden Source: Michael Scott S105556 [view label] Owner: RRUFF Description: Dark brown crystals embedded in massive enstatite matrix Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed only by chemical analysis |
Mineral Group: [ Apatite (56) ] |
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REFERENCES for Fluorbritholite-(Ce) | |
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American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record] |
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Gu J, Chao G Y, Tang S (1994) A new mineral - fluorbritholite-(Ce), Journal of Wuhan University of Technology, 9, 9-14 [view file] |
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Jambor J L, Kovalenker V A, Roberts A C (1996) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 81, 1013-1017 [view file] |
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Oberti R, Ottolini L, della Ventura G, Parodi G C (2001) On the symmetry and crystal chemistry of britholite: new structural and microanalytical data, American Mineralogist, 86, 1066-1075 [view file] |
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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] |
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Pasero M, Kampf A R, Ferraris C, Pekov I V, Rakovan J R, White T J (2010) Nomenclature of the apatite supergroup minerals, European Journal of Mineralogy, 22, 163-179 [view file] |
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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 |
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