Mineral name |
Agardite-(Ce)
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Hölzel-No.
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8.DN.110 |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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2003-030 |
Chemical formula
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CeCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6 · 3H2O |
Type locality
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Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Black Forest, Oberwolfach, Clara mine |
Associated minerals
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Barite, quartz; goethite, cornwallite |
Collection
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Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart |
Contact person
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Franz Xaver Schmidt |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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Nature of type specimen
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Mineral sample |
References
Agardit-(Ce) von der Grube Clara im mittleren Schwarzwald. Walenta, K. & Theye, T. (2004) Aufschluss, 55, 17-23
Mineralien der Chlorotil-Mixitgruppe mit Seltenen Erden von Fundorten im Schwarzwald. Walenta, K. (1970) Chemie der Erde, 29, 36-47 |
Notes / Further information
The original description of a Ce-rich member of the mixite group (Walenta 1970), at that time named chlorotile-(Ce), was related to discoveries in the Johann mine near Wittichen and the Clara mine, Oberwolfach, both localities in the Black Forest, Germany. HT currently at the Institut für Mineralogie und Kristallchemie, Universität Stuttgart. |
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