Anzaite-(Ce)
| Anzaite-(Ce) | ||
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Category | Mohs scale hardness 6–6.5 | |
| Diaphaneity | Opaque | |
| Density | 5.05 (calculated; approximated) | |
| References | [2][3] | |
Anzaite-(Ce) is a
hydrothermal mineral found in a carbonatite from the mineralogically prolific Kola Peninsula. The mineral name honors Anatoly N. Zaitsev, who is known for studies of carbonatites and REE.[2][3]
Occurrence and association
Parent rocks for anzaite-(Ce) are silicocarbonatites of the Afrikanda alkali-ultramafic massif. These rocks underwent hydrothermal reworking, that beside anzaite-(Ce) produced also
Notes on chemistry
Cerium in anzaite-(Ce) is substituted by significant amounts of neodymium, lanthanum, calcium, and praseodymium, with minor samarium and thorium. Other impurities in the mineral composition include niobium and silicon.
Crystal structure
The crystal structure of anzaite-(Ce) characterizes in:[2]
- the presence of layers with REE (square antiprismatic coordination) and Fe (octahedral)
- the presence of layers with Ti with coordination numbers 5 and 6
- disorder of Fe, VTi and two of four present anion sites
The disordered sites are located on the (010) planes, separated by ordered domains containing REE, VITi (octahedral) and two oxide-anion sites.[2]
References
- S2CID 235729616.
- ^ a b c d e f Chakhmouradian, A. R., Cooper, M. A., Medici, L., Abdu, Y. A., and Shelukhina, Y. S., 2015. Anzaite-(Ce), a new rare-earth mineral and structure type from the Afrikanda silicocarbonatite, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Mineralogical Magazine 79(5), 1231-1244
- ^ a b c "Anzaite-(Ce): Anzaite-(Ce) mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
- ^ "Lucasite-(Ce): Lucasite-(Ce) mineral information and data". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
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