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Synchysite-(Ce)

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Synchisit-(Ce)
Größe: 0,62 mm; Fundort: Cava Bonomi, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Provinz, Italien
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Collection: Domenico Preite
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Größe: 0,62 mm; Fundort: Cava Bonomi, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Provinz, Italien
Collection: Domenico Preite
Copyright: Matteo Chinellato
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Locality: Cava Bonomi / Cuasso al Monte / Varese, Provinz / Lombardei (Lombardia), Region / Italien
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Größe: 1,55 mm; Fundort: Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Frankreich
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Location: Frankreich/Okzitanien (Occitanie), Region/Ariège, Département/Foix, Arrondissement/Luzenac/Trimouns Talksteinbruch
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Größe: 1,55 mm; Fundort: Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Ariège, Frankreich
Collection: Domenico Preite
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Bildbreite: 3 mm; Fundort: Wannigletscher, Binntal, Wallis, Schweiz
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Location: Schweiz/Wallis, Kanton/Goms, Bezirk/Binn/Kriegalptal (Chriegalptal)/Wannigletscher-Scherbadung
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Bildbreite: 4 mm; Fundort: Steinbruch Petersberg, Halle, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
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Größe: 4,41 mm; Fundort: Oberschrammachkees, Schrammacher, Zamser Grund, Zillertal, Tirol, Österreich
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Bildbreite: 10 mm; Fundort: Wannigletscher-Cherbadung, Kriegalptal, Binntal, Wallis, Schweiz
Copyright: Dominik Schläfli; Contribution: slugslayer
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Bildbreite: 10 mm; Fundort: Wannigletscher-Cherbadung, Kriegalptal, Binntal, Wallis, Schweiz
Copyright: Dominik Schläfli
Contribution: slugslayer 2009-04-12
Locality: Wannigletscher-Scherbadung / Kriegalptal (Chriegalptal) / Binn / Goms, Bezirk / Wallis, Kanton / Schweiz

You find additional Synchysite-(Ce) specimen at the Geolitho Museum

Collectors Summary

Color braun, grau, graulich gelb, orange
Streak color weiß
Hardness (Mohs) 4.5
Solubility +++ Säuren
Crystal System monoklin, C2/c

Chemism

Chemical formula

CaCe(CO3)2F

Chemical composition

Calcium, Cerium, Fluor, Kohlenstoff, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 319.21104325 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 11

Info

Empirical formula:

CaCe(CO3)2F

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Carbon

C

7.53

2

18.18

12.0107800

24.0215600
Oxygen

O

30.07

6

54.55

15.9994300

95.9965800
Fluorine

F

5.95

1

9.09

18.9984033

18.9984033
Calcium

Ca

12.56

1

9.09

40.0784000

40.0784000
Cerium

Ce

43.89

1

9.09

140.1161000

140.1161000

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

5.BD.20

5: Carbonate (Carbonate, Nitrate)
B: Carbonate mit weitere Anionen, ohne H2O
D: Mit Selten-Erden-Elementen (REE)
20:Synchisit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

V/C.07-110

V: NITRATE, CARBONATE UND BORATE
C: Wasserfreie Carbonate, mit fremden Anionen
7: Bastnäsit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

5.BD.400

5: CARBONATES NITRATES ARSENITES SULFITES SELENITES TELLURITES IODATES
B: Carbonates (+Anions -Water)
D: Carbonates with Rare Earth Elements
4: F/CO3 =0.5 Synchysite-Group

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

Optical Properties

Color

braun, grau, graulich gelb, orange

Streak color

weiß

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

durchscheinend

max. Birefringence

0.097
Birefringence chart\! Synchysite-(Ce) title=Birefringence chart Synchysite-(Ce)

Michel-Levy Color Chart viewed according to the maximum birefringence (at 30μm). Mineral color is not taken into account. Click on the image to enlarge or change thickness.

RI value α / ω / n

1.648

RI value γ / ε

1.745

Ri mean

1.680

2V angle

Uniaxial (+)

Crystallography

Crystal System

monoklin

Class (H-M)

2/m

Space Group number

15

Space Group

C2/c

Cell parameters a (Å)

12.330

Cell parameters b (Å)

7.11

Cell parameters c (Å)

18.758

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

1.734

Cell parameters c/b

2.638

Cell parameters α

90°

Cell parameters β

102.7°

Cell parameters γ

90°

Z

12

Volumne (ų)

1604.212

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

4.5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

280 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

3.902 - 4.15 / Durchschnittlich = 4.02

3.965 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Instability

+++ Säuren

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Grönland/Qaasuitsup Kommunia/Narsaarsuk (Narssârssuk)/Narssârssuk-Pegmatit

Preface

Associations

Anatas

Author (Name, Year)

Flink, 1900

References

American Mineralogist 38 (1953), 932.

American Mineralogist 45 (1960), 92.

American Mineralogist 72 (1987), 1031.

Canadian Mineralogist 32 (1994), 865.

American Mineralogist 83 (1998), 910.

Canadian Mineralogist 38 (2000), 67.

Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte (2000), 466.

Mineralogy and Petrology 72 (2001), 259.

Earth and Planetary Science Letters 203 (2002), 817.

Handbook of Mineralogy (Anthony u.w.), 5 (2003), 681.

Other languages

Spanish

Sinquisita-(Ce)

German

Synchysit-(Ce)

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http://cnmnc.main.jp/IMA_Master_List_(2021-11).pdf#page=197

French

Synchysite-(Ce)

English

Synchysite-(Ce)

Russian

Синхизит-(Ce)

Simplified Chinese

氟碳钙铈矿

Alternative Name

German

Synchisit-(Ce)

English

Synchisite-(Ce)

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 1982-030

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Syn-Ce

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