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Florencite

Name:After Dr. W. Florence, who made a preliminary chemical examination of the mineral.
Synonym of:Florencite-(Ce), Florencite-(La), Florencite-(Nd)


The original name given to the cerium-dominant member of what is now a group of related phosphates and arsenates.

Classification of Florencite

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Other Names for Florencite

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German:Florencit
Spanish:Florencita

Other Information

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References for Florencite

Reference List:Hussak and Prior (1900) Mineralogical Magazine: 12: 244.

Larsen, E.S. (1921) The Microscopic Determination of the Nonopaque Minerals, First edition, USGS Bulletin 679: 76.

Ramdohr and Thilo (1940) Zentralblatt Mineralien: 1 (as Stiepelmannite).

Ygberg (1945) Arkiv för Kemi, Mineralogi och Geologi, Stockholm: 20: 13.

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1951), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume II. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 1124 pp.: 838-839.

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