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Name: Mosandrite-(Ce)
Msd-Ce
IMA Chemistry: (Ca3REE)[(H2O)2Ca0.5[box]0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)2
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Mosandrite-(Ce) contains elements:
Calcium (Ca)
(REE)
Hydrogen (H)
Oxygen (O)
Titanium (Ti)
Silicon (Si)
Country of Type Locality: Norway
Year First Published: 1842
IMA Status: Approved,Redefined
Status Notes: Berzelius J (1842) Mineralogie: Neue Mineralien. Mosandrit. Jahres-Bericht über die Fortschritte der Chemie und Mineralogie 21, 178-179 Chemical formula revised: Sokolova E, Cámara F (2008) From structure topology to chemical composition.VIII. Titanium silicates: the crystal chemistry of mosandrite from type locality of Låven (Skådön), Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold, Norway, Mineralogical Magazine 72, 887-897 Chemical formula changed from Na_2_Ca_4_CeTi(Si_2_O_7_)_2_OF_3_: Bellezza M, Merlino S, Perchiazzi N (2009) Mosandrite: Structural and crystal-chemical relationships with rinkite, The Canadian Mineralogist 47, 897-908 Name changed from mosandrite: Sokolova E, Cámara F (2017) The seidozerite supergroup of TS-block minerals: nomenclature and classification, with change of the following names: rinkite to rinkite-(Ce), mosandrite to mosandrite-(Ce), hainite to hainite-(Y) and innelite-1T to innelite-1A. Mineralogical Magazine 81, 1457-1487
Structural Group Name: Seidozerite-Rinkite
Fleischer's Group Name:  
Crystal Systems: monoclinic
Oldest Known Age: 1489 Million Years Ago
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