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Belovite-(Ce)

• 
  Malyi Punkaruaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
  © 1995-2001 Trinity Mineral Co.

• Formula:
  NaCeSr₃(PO₄)₃F

• System: Trigonal

• Name:
  Honouring Nikolai Vasil'evich Belov (1891-1982), former Head of the Crystallography and Crystallochemistry Department, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia

• IMA Status: Valid (Grandfathered)

• Type Locality:
  Malyi Punkaruaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia

• Dana 8th: 41.8.1.6
  
  41 : ANHYDROUS PHOSPHATES, ETC.CONTAINING HYDROXYL OR HALOGEN
  8 : A₅(XO₄)₃Z_q

• Hardness (Mohs): 5

• Density: 4.19 g/cm³ (measured)
  4.13 g/cm³ (calculated)

• Lustre: Vitreous,Greasy

• Diapheny: Translucent

• Diapheny: brittle

• Colour: Honey-yellow, greenish yellow; in transmitted light colourless to slightly yellow

• Streak: White