Cerite is a complex
silicate mineral group containing
cerium, formula .
[http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/ceritece.pdf Handbook of Mineralogy] The cerium and lanthanum content varies with the Ce rich species (cerite-(Ce)) and the La rich species (cerite-(La)). Analysis of a sample from the
Mountain Pass
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carbonatite gave 35.05% and 30.04% .
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Cerite was first described in 1803 for an occurrence in ]Bastnäs
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in Västmanland, Sweden
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.[http://webmineral.com/data/Cerite-(Ce).shtml Webmineral (Ce)] The lanthanum rich species, cerite-(La) was first described for an occurrence in the Khibina massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia in 2002.[http://webmineral.com/data/Cerite-(La).shtml Webmineral (La)]
See also
* Classification of minerals The classification of minerals is a process of determining to which of several groups minerals belong based on their chemical characteristics. Since the 1950s, this classification has been carried out by the International Mineralogical Association, ...
* List of minerals
References
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Lanthanide minerals
Iron minerals
Cerium minerals
Nesosilicates
Trigonal minerals
Minerals in space group 161
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