Zhonghuacerite-(Ce)
Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China
3.0 x 2.5 x 1.1 cm. This unique barium-cerium-carbonate-halide, a member of the bastnasite group, is in a very peculiar situation. It has an IMA/CNMMN-approved name for a non-approved mineral. The so called zhonghuacerite-(Ce) was never submitted to the IMA/CNMMN, hence it was never approved. It entered the mineralogical literature via a review in ...
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