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Name: Tundrite-(Ce)
Tnd-Ce
IMA Chemistry: Na2Ce2TiO2(SiO4)(CO3)2
Chemistry Elements: The mineral Tundrite-(Ce) contains elements:
Sodium (Na)
Cerium (Ce)
Titanium (Ti)
Oxygen (O)
Silicon (Si)
Carbon (C)
Country of Type Locality: Russia
Year First Published: 1965
IMA Status: Approved,Renamed
Status Notes: Semenov E I (1963) Mineralogy of the rare earths. Izdatelstvo Akadamie Nauk SSSR, Moscow 209-210 Chemical formula changed from Ce_2_TiSiO_7_·4H_2_O to Na_2_Ce_2_TiSiO_8_·4H_2_O: Semenov E I, Kazakova M E, Aleksandrova R A (1967) The Lovozero minerals - nenadkevichite, gerassimovskite and tundrite - from Ilímaussaq, South Greenland, Meddelelser om Grønland 181, 3-11 Chemical formula revised again: Shumyatskaya N G, Voronkov A A, Ilyukhin V V, Belov N V (1976) Tundrite, Na_2_Ce_2_TiO_2_[SiO_4_](CO_3_)_2_ - refinement of the crystal structure and chemical formula, Soviet Physics - Crystallography 21, 399-405 Name changed from tundrite: Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist 72, 1031-1042
Structural Group Name: Tundrite
Fleischer's Group Name:  
Crystal Systems: triclinic
Oldest Known Age: 1160 Million Years Ago
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