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Stetindite-(Ce)

Formula:
Ce[SiO
 
4
]
System:TetragonalColour:pale yellow to colourless
Name:Named for the type locality


Zircon group

Classification of Stetindite-(Ce)

IMA status:Approved 2008
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:9.AD.30

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
A : Nesosilicates
D : Nesosilicates without additional anions; cations in [6] and/or greater coordination
Dana 8th edition ID:51.5.2.6

51 : NESOSILICATES Insular SiO4 Groups Only
5 : Insular SiO4 Groups Only with cations in >[6] coordination
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Type Occurrence of Stetindite-(Ce)

Type Locality:Stetind, Tysfjord, Nordland, Norway
General Appearance of Type Material:diverging aggregates of acicular crystals up to 1.5 mm in length and 0.05 mm in thickness.
Associated Minerals at type locality:
Törnebohmite-(Ce)Törnebohmite-(Ce)QuartzKozoite-(Nd)Hundholmenite-(Y)
HematiteFluoriteCalcioancylite-(Nd)Bastnäsite

Physical Properties of Stetindite-(Ce)

Colour:pale yellow to colourless
Density (calculated):5.03 g/cm3

Crystallography of Stetindite-(Ce)

Crystal System:Tetragonal
Class (H-M):4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal
Space Group:I41/amd {I41/a 2/m 2/d}
Cell Parameters:a = 6.9746(7) Å, c = 6.2055(8) Å
Ratio:a:c = 1 : 0.89
Unit Cell Volume:V 301.87 ų
Z:4
X-Ray Powder Diffraction:
d-spacingIntensity
4.321 (58)
3.487 (100)
2.787 (21)
2.626 (68)
2.466 (19)
2.177 (24)
1.847 (21)

Optical Data of Stetindite-(Ce)

Type:Uniaxial (+)

Chemical Properties of Stetindite-(Ce)

Formula:
Ce[SiO
 
4
]
Essential elements:Ce, O, Si
All elements listed in formula:Ce, O, Si

Relationship of Stetindite-(Ce) to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):

- +
9.AD.05Larnite
Ca
 
2
[SiO
 
4
]
9.AD.10Calcio-Olivine
Ca
 
2
[SiO
 
4
]
9.AD.15Merwinite
Ca
 
3
Mg[SiO
 
4
]
 
2
9.AD.20Bredigite
Ca
 
7
Mg[SiO
 
4
]
 
4
9.AD.25Andradite
Ca
 
3
Fe
3+
2
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
9.AD.25Almandine
Fe
2+
3
Al
 
2
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
9.AD.25Calderite
(Mn
2+
 
,Ca)
 
3
(Fe
3+
 
,Al)
 
2
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
9.AD.25Goldmanite
Ca
 
3
(V
3+
 
,Al,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
9.AD.25Grossular
Ca
 
3
Al
 
2
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
9.AD.25Henritermierite
Ca
 
3
(Mn
3+
 
,Al)
 
2
[(OH)
 
4
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
]
9.AD.25Hibschite
Ca
 
3
Al
 
2
[(OH)
 
6-1
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
1.5-2.5
]
9.AD.25Hydroandradite
Ca
 
3
Fe
3+
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3-x
(OH)
 
4x
9.AD.25Katoite
Ca
 
3
Al
 
2
[(OH)
 
8-6
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
1-1.5
]
9.AD.25Kimzeyite
Ca
 
3
(Zr,Ti)
 
2
[(Si,Al,Fe
3+
 
)O
 
4
]
 
3
9.AD.25Knorringite
Mg
 
3
Cr
 
2
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
9.AD.25Majorite
Mg
 
3
(Fe
2+
 
,Si,Al)
 
2
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
9.AD.25Morimotoite
Ca
 
3
(Ti,Fe
2+
 
,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
[(Si,Fe
3+
 
)O
 
4
]
 
3
 (?)
9.AD.25Pyrope
Mg
 
3
Al
 
2
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
9.AD.25Schorlomite
Ca
 
3
(Ti,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
[(Si,Fe
3+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)O
 
4
]
 
3
9.AD.25Spessartine
Mn
2+
3
Al
 
2
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
9.AD.25Uvarovite
Ca
 
3
Cr
 
2
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
9.AD.25Wadalite
Ca
 
6
(Al,Mg)
 
4
[Cl
 
3
|O
 
4
|{(Si,Al,Fe
3+
 
)O
 
4
}
 
3
]
9.AD.25Holtstamite
Ca
 
3
(Al,Mn
3+
 
)
 
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
2
(OH)
 
4
9.AD.25IMA2009-029
Ca
 
3
Zr
 
2
(Fe
3+
2
Si)O
 
12
9.AD.25IMA2009-033
Ca
 
3
Sn
 
2
(Fe
 
2
Si)O
 
12
9.AD.25IMA2009-026
(Mn
2+
 
,Ca)
 
3
V
3+
2
(SiO
 
4
)
 
3
9.AD.30Coffinite
(U,Th)[(OH)
 
4x
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
1-x
]
9.AD.30Hafnon
(Hf,Zr)[SiO
 
4
]
9.AD.30Thorite
(Th,U)[SiO
 
4
]
9.AD.30Thorogummite
(Th,U)[(OH)
 
4x
|(SiO
 
4
)
 
1-x
]
9.AD.30Zircon
Zr[SiO
 
4
]
9.AD.35Huttonite
Th[SiO
 
4
]
9.AD.35Tombarthite-(Y)
Y
 
4
[HSiO
 
4
]
 
3
9.AD.40Eulytine
Bi
 
4
[SiO
 
4
]
 
3
9.AD.45Reidite
Zr[SiO
 
4
]

Other Names for Stetindite-(Ce)

Synonyms:
IMA2008-035
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Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Stetindite-(Ce)

Reference List:Schulter, J., T. Malcherek, T.A.Husdal (2009): The new mineral stetindite, CeSiO4, a cerium end-member of the zircon group. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie - Abhandlungen, 186(2), 195-200.

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    Localities for Stetindite-(Ce)

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    • Nordland
      • Tysfjord
    		NJMA 186,195-200(2009)
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