Ancylite
Appearance
Ancylite | |
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General | |
Category | Carbonate mineral |
Formula (repeating unit) | Sr(Ce,La)(CO3)2(OH)·H2O |
IMA symbol | Anc[1] |
Strunz classification | 5.DC.05 |
Dana classification | 16b.1.1.1 |
Crystal system | Orthorhombic |
Crystal class | Dipyramidal (mmm) H-M symbol: (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
Space group | Pmcn |
Identification | |
Color | Light yellow, orange-yellow, yellow-brown, grey |
Cleavage | None |
Fracture | Splintery |
Tenacity | Brittle |
Mohs scale hardness | 4–4.5 |
Luster | Dull |
Streak | White |
Diaphaneity | Translucent |
Density | 3.95 g/cm3 |
Ancylite is a group of hydrous strontium carbonate minerals containing cerium, lanthanum and minor amounts of other rare-earth elements. The chemical formula is Sr(Ce,La)(CO3)2(OH)·H2O with ancylite-Ce enriched in cerium and ancylite-La in lanthanum.[2][3]
Ancylite was first described in 1899 for an occurrence in the Narsarsuk pegmatite in west Greenland and named from the Ancient Greek: αυκιλος for curved in reference to its rounded or distorted crystal form.[2][4]
References
- ^ Warr, L.N. (2021). "IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols". Mineralogical Magazine. 85 (3): 291–320. Bibcode:2021MinM...85..291W. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43. S2CID 235729616.
- ^ a b http://webmineral.com/data/Ancylite-(Ce).shtml Webmineral data Ancylite-Ce.
- ^ http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/ancylitela.pdf[permanent dead link] Handbook of Mineralogy.
- ^ http://www.mindat.org/min-216.html Mindat.