Locality type: Quarry Classification Species: Bastnäsite-(Ce) Formula: Ce(CO3 )F Comments: As pseudomorphs after new hexagonal tabular Na-REE-carbonate (U. Kolitsch) and after sazhinite (U. Kolitsch). Also as typical crystals according to other sources (probable confusion with arisite?). Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data: Aegirine ⓘ 7 photos of Bastnäsite-(Ce) associated with Aegirine at this locality.Apophyllite Group ⓘ 5 photos of Bastnäsite-(Ce) associated with Apophyllite Group at this locality.Fluorite ⓘ 5 photos of Bastnäsite-(Ce) associated with Fluorite at this locality.Tuperssuatsiaite ⓘ 4 photos of Bastnäsite-(Ce) associated with Tuperssuatsiaite at this locality.Feldspar Group ⓘ 3 photos of Bastnäsite-(Ce) associated with Feldspar Group at this locality.Chalcopyrite ⓘ 3 photos of Bastnäsite-(Ce) associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.Sazhinite ⓘ 3 photos of Bastnäsite-(Ce) associated with Sazhinite at this locality.Monazite ⓘ 3 photos of Bastnäsite-(Ce) associated with Monazite at this locality.Natrolite ⓘ 2 photos of Bastnäsite-(Ce) associated with Natrolite at this locality.Bastnäsite-(La) ⓘ 1 photo of Bastnäsite-(Ce) associated with Bastnäsite-(La) at this locality.Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Bastnäsite-(Ce) data Locality Data: Click here to view Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia Photo Gallery View Gallery (16 photos) Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 43584 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:43584:4 GUID (UUID V4 ): 1b8d8586-8b8f-434a-bc5f-a25295227028 References Year ⬇ Author Title Publisher
von Knorring, O., Petersen, O. V., Karup-Moeller, S., Leonardsen, E. S., Condliffe, E. (1992) Tuperssuatsiaite, from Aris phonolite, Windhoek, Namibia. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte , 1992. Stuttgart. 145-152 Kolitsch, U., Blaß, G., Jahn, S., Cámara, F., von Bezing, L., Wartha, R. R., Tremmel, G., Sturla, M., Cerea, P., Skebo, M. and Ciriotti, M. E. (2016): Aris - mineralogy of the famous alkaline phonolite. AMI - Associazione Micromineralogica Italiana, Cremona, Italy, 95 pp. Blaß, G., Desor, J., Heck, V., Kruijen, F., Möhn, G. (2021) Neues aus den Steinbrüchen im Aris-Phonolith. Mineralien Welt , 32 (4) 6-29 Reference Search (possible matching items) Piilonen, P. C., McDonald, A. M., Grice, J. D., Rowe, R., Gault, R. A., Poirier, G., Cooper, M. A., Kolitsch, U., Roberts, A. C., Lechner, W., Palfi, A. G. (2010) Arisite-(Ce), a new rare-earth fluorocarbonate from the Aris phonolite, Namibia, Mont Saint-Hilaire and the Saint-Amable sill, Quebec, Canada. The Canadian Mineralogist , 48 (3) 661-671 doi:10.3749/canmin.48.3.661 Journal (article/letter/editorial) 3.661 ARISITE-(Ce ), A NEW RARE-EARTH FLUORCARBONATE FROM THE ARIS PHONOLITE, NAMIBIA , MONT SAINT-HILAIRE ...Andreas G. PALFI PO Box 23532, Windhoek , Namibia Abstract Arisite-(Ce ), ideally NaCe2(CO3)2[(CO3)1–xF2x]F ...rare-earth fluorcarbonate mineral from the Aris phonolite (Namibia ), Mont Saint-Hilaire (Quebec), and the ...the Saint-Amable sill (Quebec). At the Aris phonolite, arisite-(Ce ) occurs as vitreous, transparent, beige ...miarolitic cavities. At Mont Saint-Hilaire, arisite-(Ce ) occurs in alkaline pegmatite veins, sodalite syenite
Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia