Abstract
The single-crystal X-ray structure of gagarinite-(Ce) has been solved using a cleavage fragment taken from the type specimen of "zajacite-(Ce)". The mineral is hexagonal, space group P6 3/m, with a 6.0861(12) and c 3.6810(8) Ã…. It is isomorphous with gagarinite-(Y), with Ce 3+ dominating the REE site. The mineral name "zajacite-(Ce)" is discredited, and the mineral is renamed gagarinite-(Ce).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1111-1114 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Canadian mineralogist |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2011 |