University of Hamburg Mineralogical Museum of the University of Hamburg
Mineral name
 
Allanite-(Ce)
Size: 4 x 3 x 1 cm, with label of J. F. Blumenbach
Hölzel-No.
 
9.BN.400
Type of specimen
 
T
IMA-No. / Accepted
 
prä-IMA / 1811
Chemical formula
 
(Ce,Ca,Y)2(Al,Fe3+)3(SiO4)3(OH)
Type locality
 
Greenland, Greenland, Qáqarssuatsiaq
Associated minerals
 
in gneiss
Collection
 
Geowissenschaftliches Zentrum - Georg August Universität Göttingen
Contact person
 
Dr. Alexander Gehler
Catalogue−No. / Site
 
GZG.MIN.8.3.92.65 / UG023-025-Typusschränke Minerale
Nature of 
type specimen

 
Mineral specimen
References

Experiments on allanite, a new mineral from Greenland.
Thomson, T. (1811)
Tilloch’s Philosophical Magazine, 37, 278-288.

Experiments on allanite, a new mineral from Greenland.
Thomson, T. (1811)
Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts, 29, 47-59.

Remarks on a mineral from Greenland, supposed to be gadolinite.
Thomson, T. (1812)
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 6, 345-351. [gehalten 1808]

Experiments on allanite, a new mineral from Greenland.
Thomson, T. (1812)
Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 6, 371-386. [gehalten 1810]

Versuche über den Allanit, einem neuen [zum Cerium-Geschlecht gehörenden] Mineral aus Grönland.
Thomson, T. (1813)
Annalen der Physik, 44, 113-125.

Allanite-(Ce) and its type locality.
Petersen, O. V., Secher, K., Birch, W. D. (2006)
Rocks & Minerals, 81 (3), 200-205.
Notes / Further information

1818 from K. L. Giesecke (1761-1833) to J. F. Blumenbach (1752-1840); from 1778 until 1840 Blumenbach was Professor of Natural History at the University Göttingen and first curator of the Royal Academic Museum.
Type received with the purchase of the Blumenbach collection in 1841.
Giesecke collected the original material after Thomsons description; Petersen et al. (2006) describe that Giesecke later on donated samples of that material to several museums and private collections in Europe.
Last update 27. April 2022 by A. Matthies Imprint (german)