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Tundrite

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Tundrite-(Ce), etc.

Khibiny Station, Kihlman Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Tundrite-(Ce)

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Tundrite-(Ce)

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Tundrite-(Ce), etc.

Khibiny Station, Kihlman Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Tundrite-(Ce)

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Tundrite-(Ce), etc.

Khibiny Station, Kihlman Mountain, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Tundrite-(Ce)

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

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About TundriteHide

Synonym of:

Tundrite-(Ce), Tundrite-(Nd)

This page provides mineralogical data about Tundrite.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

9357

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:9357:2

GUID
(UUID V4):

1d1d4d53-d317-42aa-99f0-541d83537deb

Pronunciation of TundriteHide

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	Jolyon & Katya Ralph	United Kingdom

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0006184	Tundrite-(Ce)	Grice J D, Rowe R, Poirier G, Wight Q (2008) Tundrite-(Ce) from Mount Saint-Hilaire, Quebec: Crystal-structure analysis and species characterization The Canadian Mineralogist 46 413-422		2008	Mount Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada	0	293
0015572	Tundrite-(Ce)	Shumyatskaya N G, Voronkov A A, Ilyukhin V V, Belov N V (1976) Tundrite, Na2Ce2TiO2[SiO4](CO3)2 - refinement of the crystal structure and chemical formula Soviet Physics Crystallography 21 399-405		1976	Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia	0	293

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 Tundrite-(Ce) from Mount Saint-Hilaire, Quebec: Crystal-structure
 analysis and species characterization
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_database_code_amcsd 0006184
_chemical_compound_source 'Mount Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada'
_chemical_formula_sum 'Ce1.03 La.621 Nd.229 Pr.081 Sm.014 Na1.906 Ca.039 Ti.875 Nb.109 Si C2 O12.11 H.25'
_cell_length_a 7.5760
_cell_length_b 13.9252
_cell_length_c 5.0290
_cell_angle_alpha 99.981
_cell_angle_beta 70.791
_cell_angle_gamma 100.947
_cell_volume 488.363
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      4.221
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Ce1   0.65730   0.77970   0.59520   1.00000   0.00968
Ce2   0.21950   0.77840   0.31190   0.03000   0.01052
La2   0.21950   0.77840   0.31190   0.62100   0.01052
Nd2   0.21950   0.77840   0.31190   0.22900   0.01052
Pr2   0.21950   0.77840   0.31190   0.08100   0.01052
Sm2   0.21950   0.77840   0.31190   0.01400   0.01052
Na1   0.00000   0.00000   0.50000   1.00000   0.02120
Na2   0.13750   0.47190   0.17590   0.90600   0.02990
Ca2   0.13750   0.47190   0.17590   0.03900   0.02990
Na3   0.50000   0.50000   0.50000   1.00000   0.02860
Ti   0.60840   0.99963   0.19570   0.87500   0.01200
Nb   0.60840   0.99963   0.19570   0.10900   0.01200
Si   0.96220   0.85797   0.91290   1.00000   0.00850
C1   0.79210   0.35460   0.23740   1.00000   0.01360
C2   0.60110   0.65200   0.06010   1.00000   0.01250
O1   0.93390   0.75550   0.70840   1.00000   0.00970
O2   0.79390   0.91730   0.91170   1.00000   0.01090
O3   0.16290   0.91610   0.72600   1.00000   0.01070
O4   0.95750   0.84370   0.22690   1.00000   0.01150
O5   0.40700   0.91790   0.06630   1.00000   0.01100
O6   0.55070   0.91910   0.49700   1.00000   0.01150
O7   0.87180   0.38110   0.98890   1.00000   0.02120
O8   0.80800   0.40680   0.46290   1.00000   0.02650
O9   0.33280   0.37740   0.76770   1.00000   0.01780
O10   0.40230   0.39390   0.17620   1.00000   0.01950
O11   0.30720   0.73340   0.74630   1.00000   0.01430
O12   0.54620   0.73920   0.13370   1.00000   0.01300
O-H13   0.77900   0.78100   0.03300   0.11000   0.03000
H5   0.27000   0.90000   0.19000   0.07000   0.03000
H6   0.53000   0.86000   0.65000   0.07000   0.03000
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Ce1 0.01040 0.01190 0.00770 0.00036 -0.00438 0.00224
Ce2 0.01120 0.01420 0.00620 0.00402 -0.00127 0.00148
La2 0.01120 0.01420 0.00620 0.00402 -0.00127 0.00148
Nd2 0.01120 0.01420 0.00620 0.00402 -0.00127 0.00148
Pr2 0.01120 0.01420 0.00620 0.00402 -0.00127 0.00148
Sm2 0.01120 0.01420 0.00620 0.00402 -0.00127 0.00148
Na1 0.03900 0.01200 0.01400 0.00100 0.01100 -0.00220
Na2 0.03000 0.03200 0.02700 0.00680 -0.00830 -0.00010
Ca2 0.03000 0.03200 0.02700 0.00680 -0.00830 -0.00010
Na3 0.04900 0.01900 0.01400 -0.01000 -0.01200 0.00300
Ti 0.01300 0.01330 0.00970 0.00200 -0.00370 0.00080
Nb 0.01300 0.01330 0.00970 0.00200 -0.00370 0.00080
Si 0.00960 0.01140 0.00510 0.00180 -0.00290 0.00080
C1 0.01500 0.01400 0.01300 0.00500 -0.00400 0.00100
C2 0.01000 0.01600 0.01000 0.00100 -0.00100 0.00300
O1 0.00900 0.01100 0.00900 0.00130 -0.00340 0.00120
O2 0.01200 0.01400 0.00700 0.00400 -0.00300 -0.00070
O3 0.00900 0.01300 0.00900 -0.00020 -0.00300 0.00210
O4 0.01300 0.01500 0.00700 0.00300 -0.00260 0.00300
O5 0.01200 0.01200 0.00800 0.00000 -0.00400 0.00220
O6 0.01500 0.01100 0.00700 0.00500 -0.00100 0.00250
O7 0.02700 0.01900 0.01700 -0.00200 -0.00700 0.00900
O8 0.02500 0.02800 0.02100 -0.00100 -0.00900 -0.01000
O9 0.02800 0.01600 0.01300 0.00300 -0.00900 0.00400
O10 0.02600 0.02000 0.01400 0.00300 -0.01100 -0.00300
O11 0.01400 0.01700 0.01200 -0.00100 -0.00600 0.00300
O12 0.01400 0.01400 0.01100 0.00400 -0.00300 0.00000

Synonyms of TundriteHide

Titanorhabdophane

Other Language Names for TundriteHide

German:Tundrit

Spanish:Tundrita

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Canada
Québec Montérégie La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM Mont Saint-Hilaire ⓘ Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH)	[Tundrite-(Ce)] 166-175. GRICE, J.D. (1989) Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec: Canada's Most Diverse Mineral Locality. In: Famous mineral localities of Canada. Published by Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited & the National Museum of Natural Sciences, 190 pages: 100-108 HORVÁTH, L., GAULT, R.A. (1990) The mineralogy of Mont Saint-Hilaire. Mineralogical Record, 21, 281-359.

Greenland
Kujalleq ⓘ Ilímaussaq complex	[Tundrite-(Ce)] Semenov, Evgenii Ivanovich, M. E. Kazakova & R. A. Aleksandrova. 1967. The Lovozero Minerals - Nenadkevichite, Gerassimovskite and Tundrite - from Ilîmaussaq, South Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland. 181(5 1.del) [published with 181(5), 2.del] Petersen, O.V. (2001): List of all minerals identified in the Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin. 190, 25-33
ⓘ Kangerluarsuk Fjord	[Tundrite-(Ce)] KARUP MØLLER, S. (1982): Tundrite from the Ilímaussaq alkaline intrusion, South Greenland. Neues Jahrbuch für Minerlogie, Monatshefte Jg. 1982, 481-494.
ⓘ Kvanefjeld	[Tundrite-(Ce)] Karup-Møller, S. 1982: Tundrite from the Ilímaussaq alkaline intrusion, South Greenland. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte 481–494

Russia
Murmansk Oblast Khibiny Massif Kihlman Mountain ⓘ Khibiny Station	[Tundrite-(Ce)] Pavel M. Kartashov data L. Kruszewski collection (analysed Ce-dominant) Yakovenchuk, V. N., Krivovichev, S. V., Ivanyuk, G. Y., Pakhomovsky, Ya. A., Selivanova, E. A.,Zhitova, E. A., Kalashnikova,G. O., Zolotarev, A. A., Mikhailova, J. A., Kadyrova, G. I. (2014): Kihlmanite-(Ce), Ce2TiO2[SiO4](HCO3)2(H2O), a new rare-earth mineral from the pegmatites of the Khibiny alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Mineralogical Magazine, 78, 483-496.
ⓘ Rasvumchorr Mt	[Tundrite-(Ce)]
Lovozersky District Seidozero Lake Lepkhe-Nel'm Mt ⓘ Pegmatite No. 45	[Tundrite-(Ce)] Semenov E.I. (1972) Mineralogy of Lovozero alkaline massif, - Moscow, Nauka, p. 308 (in Rus.)

USA
New Mexico Colfax County Springer Point of Rocks Mesa (Pecks Mesa) ⓘ Point of Rocks Quarry	Rocks & Min.: 60:229.

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