cerianite-(Ce)
Sign in to saveCerianite-(Ce) is a relatively rare oxide mineral, belonging to uraninite group with the formula . It is one of a few currently known minerals containing essential tetravalent cerium, the other examples being stetindite and dyrnaesite-(La).
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- cerium
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- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.DL.05
- chemical formula
- CeO₂
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.DL.05
- crystal system
- cubic crystal system
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- Cerianite-(Ce)
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cei-Ce
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Cerianite-(Ce) is a relatively rare oxide mineral, belonging to uraninite group with the formula . It is one of a few currently known minerals containing essential tetravalent cerium, the other examples being stetindite and dyrnaesite-(La).
==Occurrence and association== Cerianite-(Ce) is associated with alkaline rocks, mostly nepheline syenites. It may be found in carbonatites. Cerianite-(Ce) associates with minerals of the apatite group, bastnäsite-group minerals, calcite, feldspar, "fluocerite", "hydromica", ilmenite, nepheline, magnetite, "törnebohmite" and tremolite. It is the most simple cerium mineral known.
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