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