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Cheralite-(Ce)

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Color

grün

Hardness (Mohs)

Crystal System

monoklin, P2₁/n

Chemism

Chemical formula

(Ca,Ce,Th,U)[(P,Si)O₄]

Additional chem. information

kein eigenständiges Mineral; vermutlich Ca reicher Monazit-(Ce)

Chemical composition

Calcium, Cerium, Silicium, Thorium, Phosphor, Sauerstoff, Uran

Unit weight: 193.43263005 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 6

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Empirical formula:

(Ca_0.55Ce_0.3Th_0.1U_0.05)[(P_0.75Si_0.25)O₄]

Element	Symbol	Weight%	Atoms	Atoms%	Atom weight (u)	Sum weight (u)
Oxygen	O	33.09	4	66.67	15.9994300	63.9977200
Silicon	Si	3.63	0.25	4.17	28.0855300	7.0213825
Phosphorus	P	12.01	0.75	12.50	30.9737612	23.2303209
Calcium	Ca	11.40	0.55	9.17	40.0784000	22.0431200
Cerium	Ce	21.73	0.3	5.00	140.1161000	42.0348300
Thorium	Th	12.00	0.1	1.67	232.0381100	23.2038110
Uranium	U	6.15	0.05	0.83	238.0289130	11.9014457

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IMA status

1992 zurückgezogen, vermutlich lt. 11/2006 Massendiskreditierung (Antrag 06-C) ein Ca reicher Monazit-(Ce), basierend auf den chemischen Daten in Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh. (1995), 344-350.

Mineral status

Mineralstatus fragwürdig

IMA Classification

Monazite group

Optical Properties

Color

grün

Crystallography

Crystal System	monoklin
Class (H-M)	2/m
Space Group number	14
Space Group	P2₁/n
Cell parameters α	90°
Cell parameters γ	90°
Z	4

Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

Preface

Author (Name, Year)

Foord et al., 1992

References

-Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte (1995), 344-350.
-Anthony, Bideaux, Bladh & Nichols (2000), Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. IV: 105.
-Trends in Mineralogy (1992): 1: 103.
-American Mineralogist: 38: 734.
-American Mineralogist: 39: 403.
-The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 44, pp. 1557-1560 (2006)

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Alternative Name

German

Cheralit

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