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Kuannersuite-(Ce)

Additional Functions

Collectors Summary

Color hell rose, hell rot
Lustre Glasglanz
Hardness (Mohs) 5
Cleavages undeutlich {001} und {100}
Fracture uneben
Crystal System trigonal, P3

Chemism

Chemical formula

NaCeBa3(PO4)3F0.5Cl0.5

Chemical composition

Barium, Cerium, Chlor, Natrium, Fluor, Phosphor, Sauerstoff

Unit weight: 887.229215425 u; Number of atoms in the formula: 21

Info

Empirical formula:

NaCeBa3(PO4)3F0.5Cl0.5

Element

Symbol

Weight%

Atoms

Atoms%

Atom weight (u)

Sum weight (u)
Oxygen

O

21.64

12

57.14

15.9994300

191.9931600
Fluorine

F

1.07

0.5

2.38

18.9984033

9.4992016
Sodium

Na

2.59

1

4.76

22.9897702

22.9897702
Phosphorus

P

10.47

3

14.29

30.9737612

92.9212836
Chlorine

Cl

2.00

0.5

2.38

35.4532000

17.7266000
Barium

Ba

46.43

3

14.29

137.3277000

411.9831000
Cerium

Ce

15.79

1

4.76

140.1161000

140.1161000

Analysis wt%

SiO2 : 0.50, P2O5 : 25.10, La2O3 : 2.40, Ce2O3 : 9.60, Nd2O3 : 4.30, Sm2O3 : 0.50, BaO : 50.60, SrO : 0.90, Na2O : 3.90, F : 1.90, Cl : 1.20, Ln2O3 : 16.90 (Ref: Canadian Mineralogist 2004)

Strunz 9th edition incl. updates

8.BN.05

8: Phosphate, Arsenate, Vanadate
B: Phosphate, etc., mit weitere Anionen, ohne H2O
N: Mit ausschließlich [Kationen] (OH, etc.):RO4 = 0.33:1
05:Apatit-Gruppe

Lapis Classification

VII/B.39-117

VII: PHOSPHATE, ARSENATE UND VANADATE ("Phosphate" des Registers immer einschließlich isotyper Arsenate und Vanadate!)
B: Wasserfreie Phosphate, mit fremden Anionen F,Cl,O,OH
39: Mittelgroße und große Kationen: Mg-Cu-Zn und Ca-Na-K-Ba-Pb; Apatit-Gruppe

Classification by Hölzel

8.BO.740

8: PHOSPHATES ARSENATES VANADATES
B: Phosphates (+Anions -Water)
O: Apatite Supergroup
7: Belovites with REE's

Dana 8th edition

41.08.01.06b

41: Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen
08: Anhydrous Phosphates, etc. Containing Hydroxyl or Halogen where (A)5 (XO4)3 Zq
01: Apatite Group

IMA status

Anerkannt von der CNMNC

Mineral status

anerkanntes Mineral

IMA Classification

IMA Classification

 Apatite Supergroup  ⇒ Belovite group

Optical Properties

Color

hell rose, hell rot

Diaphaneity (Transparency)

durchscheinend

Lustre

Glasglanz

max. Birefringence

0.025
Birefringence chart\! Kuannersuite-(Ce) title=Birefringence chart Kuannersuite-(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

1.669

RI value γ / ε

1.694

Ri mean

1.677

2V angle

Uniaxial (-)

Dispersion

r > v

Crystallography

Crystal System

trigonal

Class (H-M)

3

Space Group number

147

Space Group

P3

Cell parameters a (Å)

9.9097

Cell parameters b (Å)

-

Cell parameters c (Å)

7.4026

Cell parameters a/b or c/a

0.747

Cell parameters c/b

-

Z

2

Volume (ų)

629.558

X-Ray Powder Diffraction

4.077(40),
3.693(40),
2.969(100),
2.867(60),
2.212(40),
2.058(40),
1.965(80),
1.863(60)
XRD chart Kuannersuite-(Ce)

Calculated from d-spacing and intensity at 0.1541838 nm (Cu)

Crystals 3D

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Crystal Structure 3D

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Physical Properties

Hardness (Mohs)

5

VHN (Hardness Vickers)

390 (ungefähre Angabe abgeleitet aus der Mohshärte)

Density (g/cm³)

4.676 (berechnet)

4.68 ( ρ calc. Mineralienatlas )

Cleavages

undeutlich {001} und {100}

Fracture

uneben

Tenacity

spröde

(Co-)Type locality

(Co-)Type locality

Grönland/Kommune Kujalleq/Narsaq/Ilimaussaq-Komplex/Kuannersuit-Plateau

Grönland/Kommune Kujalleq/Narsaq/Ilimaussaq-Komplex/Kuannersuit-Plateau/Tugtupit-haltiger Albitit

Preface

Name from

Für die Typlokalität Kuannersuit (Kvanefjeld) Plateau, Ilímaussaq komplex, Narsaq, Kitaa (Westgrönland) Provinz, Grönland.

Author (Name, Year)

Friis & Balic-Zunic & Pekov & Petersen, 2004

References

Canadian Mineralogist 42 (2004), 95

IMA group assignments

Other languages

German

Kuannersuit-(Ce)

English

Kuannersuite-(Ce)

French

Kuannersuite-(Ce)

Spanish

Kuannersuíta-(Ce)

Traditional Chinese

磷鈉鈰鋇石

Simplified Chinese

磷钠铈钡石

CNMNC (IMA)-Number

IMA 2002-013

CNMNC symbol

Symbol

Kua-Ce

IDs

GUSID (Global unique identifier short form) TvsjiV1VVUedZQW8RKJrAA
GUID (Global unique identifier) 8923FB4E-555D-4755-9D65-05BC44A26B00
Database ID 2073