Turnerite
A variety of Monazite-(Ce)
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About Turnerite
Formula:
Ce(PO4)
Name:
Named by Serve-Dieu Abailard "Armand" Lévy in 1823 in honor of chemist and mineralogist Edward Turner [24 June 1796 Teak Pen in Clarendon, Jamaica – 12 February 1837 Camden, London, England, United Kingdom]
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
26918 (as Turnerite)
2751 (as Monazite-(Ce))
2751 (as Monazite-(Ce))
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:26918:6 (as Turnerite)
mindat:1:1:2751:5 (as Monazite-(Ce))
mindat:1:1:2751:5 (as Monazite-(Ce))
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
ed2a19b1-cac4-435a-b9f1-3b732901c346 (as Turnerite)
d8b37e41-1613-41a6-9a0a-156fda8b1aaf (as Monazite-(Ce))
d8b37e41-1613-41a6-9a0a-156fda8b1aaf (as Monazite-(Ce))
Chemical Properties of Turnerite
Formula:
Ce(PO4)
Elements listed:
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
References for Turnerite
Reference List:
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Lévy (1823) Annals of Philosophy, London: 5: 241.
Miers, H.A. (1885) On monazite from Cornwall, and connellite. Mineralogical Magazine, vol. 6, n° 30, 164-167 (as monazite and turnerite).
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.: 691.
Internet Links for Turnerite
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Localities for Turnerite
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? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Switzerland | |
| Van King |
Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland