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Aluminocerite-(CeCa)

A valid IMA mineral species

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Aluminocerite-(CeCa)

Bricco Volti - Monte Ortieul quarrying area, Montoso Quarries, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

Aluminocerite-(CeCa), etc.

Tsakhirin Khuduk Y-Zr-Nb deposit, Khaldzan Buragtag massif, Myangad District, Khovd Province, Mongolia

Aluminocerite-(CeCa)

Bricco Volti - Monte Ortieul quarrying area, Montoso Quarries, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

Aluminocerite-(CeCa)

Bricco Volti - Monte Ortieul quarrying area, Montoso Quarries, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

Aluminocerite-(CeCa), etc.

Tsakhirin Khuduk Y-Zr-Nb deposit, Khaldzan Buragtag massif, Myangad District, Khovd Province, Mongolia

Aluminocerite-(CeCa)

Bricco Volti - Monte Ortieul quarrying area, Montoso Quarries, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

Aluminocerite-(CeCa)

Bricco Volti - Monte Ortieul quarrying area, Montoso Quarries, Bagnolo Piemonte, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy

Aluminocerite-(CeCa), etc.

Tsakhirin Khuduk Y-Zr-Nb deposit, Khaldzan Buragtag massif, Myangad District, Khovd Province, Mongolia

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About Aluminocerite-(CeCa)Hide

Formula:

(Ce₆Ca₃)◻Al(SiO₄)₃[SiO₃(OH)]₄(OH)₃

formerly given as:

(Ce,La,Ca)₉(Al,Fe³⁺)(SiO₄)₃(HSiO₄)₄(OH)₃

Colour:

Pale pink to reddish pink

Lustre:

Vitreous

Hardness:

Specific Gravity:

4.675 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Member of:

Cerite Subgroup > Cerite Group > Cerite Supergroup

Name:

Al dominant cerite-(Ce)

Co-Type Localities:

ⓘ Scala dei Ratti Quarry (Ratti Quarry; Scala Quarry), Feriolo, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
ⓘ Seula mine, Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Isostructural with:

Whitlockite Subgroup

Aluminium-dominant analogue of Cerite-(Ce) and Cerite-(La). Isostructural with phosphates of Whitlockite group.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

38991

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:38991:2

IMA Classification of Aluminocerite-(CeCa)Hide

IMA status:

Approved

IMA Formula:

(Ce³⁺₆Ca₃)◻Al(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃

Approval year:

2007

First published:

2009

Approval history:

name & formula changes: IMA proposals of May 2023

Type description reference:

Nestola, F., Guastoni, A., Camara, F., Secco, L., Dal Negro, A., Pedron, D., Beran, A. (2009) Aluminocerite-Ce: A new species from Baveno, Italy: Description and crystal-structure determination. American Mineralogist, 94 (4) 487-493 doi:10.2138/am.2009.3060

Classification of Aluminocerite-(CeCa)Hide

Strunz-mindat (2026):

9.AG.20

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
A : Nesosilicates
G : Nesosilicates with additional anions; cations in > [6] +- [6] coordination

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference for Standard
Acrt-Ce	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of Aluminocerite-(CeCa)Hide

Lustre:

Vitreous

Transparency:

Translucent

Colour:

Pale pink to reddish pink

Streak:

White

Hardness:

5 on Mohs scale

Tenacity:

Brittle

Cleavage:

None Observed

Fracture:

None observed

Density:

4.675 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of Aluminocerite-(CeCa)Hide

Type:

Uniaxial (+)

RI values:

n_ω = 1.810 - 1.816 n_ε = 1.812 - 1.816

Surface Relief:

Very High (positive)
Relative to Canada balsam mounting medium (n ≈ 1.537).

This shows the grain boundary and Becke line effect under plane-polarised light, based on the contrast between this mineral's average refractive index and the mounting medium. It does not take into account mineral colouration.

Focus:

In focus

Interference Figure:

This shows the idealized uniaxial interference figure - the conoscopic (convergent-light, Bertrand-lens-in) view, for a grain cut with the optic axis centred and vertical. The coloured rings are isochromatics, computed with the same physics as the Michel-Lévy bar above; the dark cross is the isogyre.

For a genuinely uniaxial mineral viewed this way, that cross stays perfectly stationary if you rotate the stage - unlike a biaxial mineral, where it splits apart on rotation. That invariance is itself the standard diagnostic test for telling uniaxial and biaxial minerals apart at the microscope.

Thickness: 30 µm

Pleochroism:

Non-pleochroic

Chemistry of Aluminocerite-(CeCa)Hide

Mindat Formula:

(Ce₆Ca₃)◻Al(SiO₄)₃[SiO₃(OH)]₄(OH)₃

formerly given as:

(Ce,La,Ca)₉(Al,Fe³⁺)(SiO₄)₃(HSiO₄)₄(OH)₃

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
Ce	49.818 %
O	29.391 %
Si	11.650 %
Ca	7.125 %
Al	1.599 %
H	0.418 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

Al, Ca, Ce, H, O, Si - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of Aluminocerite-(CeCa)Hide

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Class (H-M):

3m - Ditrigonal Pyramidal

Space Group:

R3c

Cell Parameters:

a = 10.645 Å, c = 38.019 Å

Ratio:

a:c = 1 : 3.572

Unit Cell V:

3,730.98 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Morphology:

Pseudo-octahedral to rhombohedral crystals. Dominant forms rhombohedron {1011} and pinacoid {0001}.

Twinning:

None observed

Crystal StructureHide

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0004896	Aluminocerite-(CeCa)	Nestola F, Guastoni A, Camara F, Secco L, Dal Negro A, Pedron D, Beran A (2009) Aluminocerite-Ce: A new species from Baveno, Italy: Descriptions and crystal-structure determination American Mineralogist 94 487-493		2009	Ratti quarry, Baveno, Italy	0	293

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 Aluminocerite-Ce: A new species from Baveno, Italy: Descriptions and
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Dy1   0.25920   0.13369   0.06808   0.01000   0.02330
Yb1   0.25920   0.13369   0.06808   0.00300   0.02330
Ce2   0.14123   0.25820   0.43098   0.55000   0.02240
La2   0.14123   0.25820   0.43098   0.24000   0.02240
Ca2   0.14123   0.25820   0.43098   0.20000   0.02240
Ca3   0.25720   0.13370   0.17590   0.57000   0.02300
La3   0.25720   0.13370   0.17590   0.21000   0.02300
Ce3   0.25720   0.13370   0.17590   0.18000   0.02300
Si1   0.31670   0.14670   0.36201   1.00000   0.02340
Si2   0.14990   0.32680   0.13720   1.00000   0.02310
Si3   0.00000   0.00000   0.25310   1.00000   0.02700
AlM1   0.00000   0.00000  -0.00140   0.61000   0.02600
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O4   0.08300   0.16840   0.02970   1.00000   0.02900
O5   0.24400   0.26800   0.11580   1.00000   0.03700
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O7   0.16370   0.07190   0.46790   1.00000   0.02700
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O9   0.16260   0.03800   0.24040   1.00000   0.05000
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Ce1 0.02390 0.02340 0.02320 0.01220 0.00010 -0.00080
Nd1 0.02390 0.02340 0.02320 0.01220 0.00010 -0.00080
Pr1 0.02390 0.02340 0.02320 0.01220 0.00010 -0.00080
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Dy1 0.02390 0.02340 0.02320 0.01220 0.00010 -0.00080
Yb1 0.02390 0.02340 0.02320 0.01220 0.00010 -0.00080
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La2 0.02120 0.02480 0.02270 0.01250 0.00220 0.00490
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La3 0.02420 0.02150 0.02520 0.01280 -0.00430 -0.00390
Ce3 0.02420 0.02150 0.02520 0.01280 -0.00430 -0.00390
Si1 0.02400 0.02300 0.02100 0.01000 -0.00200 0.00000
Si2 0.02600 0.01800 0.02400 0.01000 0.00300 0.00700
Si3 0.02200 0.02200 0.03600 0.01090 0.00000 0.00000
AlM1 0.02700 0.02700 0.02400 0.01360 0.00000 0.00000
Fe3+M1 0.02700 0.02700 0.02400 0.01360 0.00000 0.00000
O-H1 0.02800 0.04600 0.02200 0.01200 -0.00500 -0.00200
O2 0.03200 0.01200 0.03300 0.01100 0.00100 -0.00800
O3 0.03600 0.03000 0.03900 0.01900 0.00500 0.00300
O4 0.05100 0.01200 0.02400 0.01500 0.00600 0.00500
O5 0.03000 0.02800 0.04600 0.01000 0.00900 0.00200
O6 0.03700 0.03600 0.03800 0.02400 -0.00500 -0.00100
O7 0.01400 0.01300 0.05300 0.00600 0.00600 0.00700
O8 0.01700 0.01600 0.03300 0.00400 0.00100 -0.00300
O9 0.04600 0.04400 0.04300 0.01000 -0.01700 -0.01100
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O-H11 0.00400 0.00400 0.08000 0.00200 0.00000 0.00000
O-H12 0.01100 0.01100 0.03300 0.00600 0.00000 0.00000
O-H13 0.07300 0.07300 0.02100 0.03700 0.00000 0.00000

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
3.405 Å	(27)
3.250 Å	(26)
2.914 Å	(100)
2.647 Å	(58)
2.198 Å	(40)
1.923 Å	(34)
1.750 Å	(46)
1.732 Å	(34)

Locality:

Seula mine, Mount Camoscio, Oltrefiume, Baveno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy

Reference:

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks	>3.0
35 : Ultra-alkali and agpaitic igneous rocks
36 : Carbonatites, kimberlites, and related igneous rocks

Type Occurrence of Aluminocerite-(CeCa)Hide

Co-Type Localities:

General Appearance of Type Material:

Holotype: Aggregates of up to 0.2 mm of pseudo-octahedral to rhombohedral crystals, flattened on the c axis. Crystals to 5-10 µm.
Cotype: Aggregates of pseudo-octahedral to rhombohedral crystals, up to 0.8 mm. Crystals to 50 µm.

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

The Museum of Mineralogy of the University of Padova, Italy (holotype, no. MM5200, and cotype, no. MM5549)

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Millimeter-sized secondary cavities hosted in aplite-pegmatite veins and pods within pink granite. Also in in centimeter-sized miarolitic cavities in granite.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Albite	Chamosite	Fluorite	Hingganite-(Y)	K Feldspar
Quartz	Thorite

Reference:

Synonyms of Aluminocerite-(CeCa)Hide

Aluminocerite-(Ce)

IMA2007-060

Other Language Names for Aluminocerite-(CeCa)Hide

Dutch:Aluminoceriet-(CeCa)

French:Aluminocerite-(CeCa)

German:Aluminocerit-(CeCa)

Norwegian:Aluminoceritt-(CeCa)

Relationship of Aluminocerite-(CeCa) to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Cerite Subgroup > Cerite Group > Cerite Supergroup

Other Members of Cerite Subgroup:

Cerite-(CeCa)	(Ce₇Ca₂)◻Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	Trig. 3m : R3c
Ferricerite-(LaCa)	(La₆Ca₃)◻Fe³⁺(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	Trig. 3m : R3c

Common AssociatesHide

Associations Based on Photo Data:

9 photos of Aluminocerite-(CeCa) associated with Allanite-(Ce)	(CaCe)(AlAlFe²⁺)O[Si₂O₇][SiO₄](OH)
6 photos of Aluminocerite-(CeCa) associated with Wulfenite	Pb(MoO₄)
6 photos of Aluminocerite-(CeCa) associated with Chevkinite-(Ce)	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂
6 photos of Aluminocerite-(CeCa) associated with Quartz	SiO₂
4 photos of Aluminocerite-(CeCa) associated with Albite	Na(AlSi₃O₈)
4 photos of Aluminocerite-(CeCa) associated with Tengerite-(Y)	Y₂(CO₃)₃ · 2-3H₂O
3 photos of Aluminocerite-(CeCa) associated with Fergusonite-(Y)	YNbO₄
3 photos of Aluminocerite-(CeCa) associated with Fluorite	CaF₂
2 photos of Aluminocerite-(CeCa) associated with Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)
2 photos of Aluminocerite-(CeCa) associated with Bastnäsite-(Ce)	Ce(CO₃)F

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

9.AG.	Aluminotaipingite-(CeCa)	(Ce₆Ca₃)◻Al(SiO₄)₃[SiO₃(OH)]₄F₃	Trig. 3m : R3c
9.AG.	'Ivanyukite-Na-T'	Na₂Ti₄(SiO₄)₃(OH)O₃ · 7H₂O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.AG.	'Ivanyukite-Na-C'	Na₂Ti₄(SiO₄)₃(OH)₂O₂ · 6H₂O	Iso. 43m : P43m
9.AG.	Edgrewite	Ca₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/c
9.AG.02	Gatedalite	ZrMn²⁺₂Mn³⁺₄SiO₁₂	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : I4₁/acd
9.AG.05	Abswurmbachite	CuMn³⁺₆(SiO₄)O₈	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : I4₁/acd
9.AG.05	Neltnerite	CaMn³⁺₆(SiO₄)O₈	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : I4₁/acd
9.AG.05	Skogbyite	Zr(Mg₂Mn³⁺₄)SiO₁₂	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : I4₁/acd
9.AG.05	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆(SiO₄)O₈	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : I4₁/acd
9.AG.05	'Braunite-II'	Ca(Mn³⁺,Fe)₁₄(SiO₄)O₂₀	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : I4₁/acd
9.AG.10	Långbanite	Mn²⁺₄Mn³⁺₉Sb⁵⁺O₁₆(SiO₄)₂	Trig. 3m : P3m1
9.AG.12	Taipingite-(CeCa)	(Ce₇Ca₂)◻Mg(SiO₄)₃[SiO₃(OH)]₄F₃	Trig. 3m : R3c
9.AG.15	Żabińskiite	Ca[Al_0.5(Ta,Nb)_0.5)]O(SiO₄)	Tric. 1
9.AG.15	Titanite	CaTiO(SiO₄)	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/c
9.AG.15	Vanadomalayaite	CaVO(SiO₄)	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
9.AG.15	Natrotitanite	(Na_0.5Y_0.5)TiO(SiO₄)	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
9.AG.15	Malayaite	CaSnO(SiO₄)	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
9.AG.20	Ferricerite-(LaCa)	(La₆Ca₃)◻Fe³⁺(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	Trig. 3m : R3c
9.AG.20	Cerite-(CeCa)	(Ce₇Ca₂)◻Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃	Trig. 3m : R3c
9.AG.20	Nipeiite-(Ce)	Ce₉Fe³⁺(SiO₄)₆[SiO₃(OH)](OH)₃	Trig. 3m : R3c
9.AG.25	'Yftisite-(Y)'	(Y,Dy,Er)₄(Ti,Sn)(SiO₄)₂O(F,OH)₆
9.AG.25	Mieite-(Y)	Y₄Ti(SiO₄)₂O[F,(OH)]₆	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Cmcm
9.AG.25	Trimounsite-(Y)	Y₂Ti₂(SiO₄)O₅	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/c
9.AG.30	Sitinakite	KNa₂Ti₄(SiO₄)₂O₅(OH) · 4H₂O	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4₂/mcm
9.AG.35	Kittatinnyite	Ca₂Mn₂Mn(SiO₄)₂(OH)₄ · 9H₂O	Hex.
9.AG.40b	Paranatisite	Na₂Ti(SiO₄)O	Orth. mmm(2/m2/m2/m) : Pmma
9.AG.40a	Natisite	Na₂Ti(SiO₄)O	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m)
9.AG.45	Törnebohmite-(Ce)	Ce₂Al(SiO₄)₂(OH)	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/c
9.AG.45	Törnebohmite-(La)	La₂Al(SiO₄)₂(OH)
9.AG.50	Ivanyukite-Na	Na₂Ti₄(SiO₄)₃(OH)₂O₂ · 6H₂O	Trig. 3m : R3m
9.AG.50	Ivanyukite-K	K₂Ti₄(SiO₄)₃(OH)₂O₂ · 9H₂O	Iso. 43m : P43m
9.AG.50	Ivanyukite-Cu	CuTi₄(SiO₄)₃(OH)₂O₂ · 7H₂O	Iso. 43m : P43m
9.AG.50	Kuliokite-(Y)	Y₄Al(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂F₅	Mon. m
9.AG.50	Hydroxyledgrewite	Ca₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/c
9.AG.52	Ulfanderssonite-(Ce)	(Ce₁₅Ca)_Σ16Mg₂(SiO₄)₁₀(SiO₃OH)(OH,F)₅Cl₃	Mon. m : Bm
9.AG.55	Chantalite	CaAl₂(SiO₄)(OH)₄	Tet. 4/m : I4₁/a
9.AG.60	Vuagnatite	CaAl(SiO₄)(OH)	Orth. 222 : P2₁2₁2₁
9.AG.60	Mozartite	CaMn³⁺(SiO₄)(OH)	Orth. 222 : P2₁2₁2₁
9.AG.65	Hatrurite	Ca₃(SiO₄)O	Trig.
9.AG.70	Jasmundite	Ca₁₁(SiO₄)₄O₂S	Tet. 42m : I4m2
9.AG.75	Afwillite	Ca₃[SiO₄][SiO₂(OH)₂] · 2H₂O	Mon. m : Bb
9.AG.80	Bultfonteinite	Ca₂(HSiO₄)F · H₂O	Tric. 1 : P1
9.AG.85	Zoltaiite	BaV⁴⁺₂V³⁺₁₂(SiO₄)₂O₁₉	Trig. 3 : P3
9.AG.90	Tranquillityite	(Fe²⁺,Ca)₈(Zr,Y)₂Ti₃(SiO₄)₃O₁₂	Hex.

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Italy
Piedmont Cuneo Province Bagnolo Piemonte ⓘ Montoso Quarries	G. Blass EDX + PXRD (M.E. Ciriotti 30.06.2010) +1 other reference
ⓘ Bricco Volti - Monte Ortieul quarrying area	G. Blass EDX + PXRD (M.E. Ciriotti 30.06.2010) +1 other reference
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province Baveno Feriolo ⓘ Scala dei Ratti Quarry (Ratti Quarry; Scala Quarry) (TL)	Nestola et al. (2009)
Oltrefiume Mount Camoscio ⓘ Seula mine (TL)	Nestola et al. (2009)

Mongolia
Khovd Province Myangad District Khaldzan Buragtag massif ⓘ Tsakhirin Khuduk Y-Zr-Nb deposit	Pavel M. Kartashov (n.d.)

Norway
Nordland Hamarøy Drag ⓘ Treldebakkgruva	Husdal (2023)
ⓘ Lagmannsvik	Raade et al. (1990) +1 other reference

Russia
Irkutsk Oblast Vitim Plateau Biraya and Bya Rivers confluence area (Chara Basin) Biraya Fe-REE ore occurrence ⓘ Ust'-Biraya	A.A. Konev analytical data
Murmansk Oblast ⓘ Afrikanda complex	Chakhmouradian et al. (2002)

South Africa
North West Bojanala Platinum District Municipality Madibeng Local Municipality Brits ⓘ Slipfontein	Atanasova et al. (2016)

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Aluminocerite-(CeCa)

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