Mineral name
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Stetindite
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Stetindite holotype: Stetindite aggregate in yttrian fluorite mass (to the left; sample: 22x12 mm). Closeup: Stetindite aggregate with vyuntspakhkite-(Y) (to the right; height 1,8 mm). Photos: K.-C. Lyncker, Hamburg. |
Hölzel-No.
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9.AD.140 |
Type of specimen
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HT |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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2008-035 |
Chemical formula
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CeSiO4 |
Type locality
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Associated minerals
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Hematite, hundholmenite-(Y), quartz, törnebohmite-(Ce), vyuntspakhkite-(Y), a Nd-rich ancylite-group mineral, Nd-rich bastnäsite and a new Ca-Y-Al-F-silicate |
Collection
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Mineralogisches Museum - Universität Hamburg |
Contact person
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Dr. Stefan Peters |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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NO-001/08 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral sample |
References
Stetindite, CeSiO4, a cerium end-member of the zircon group.
Schlüter, J., Malcherek, T. and Husdal, T.A. (2009)
Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Monatshefte, 186/2, 195-200 |
Notes / Further information
Discovered by Tomas Andersen Husdal, Bodø, Norway in 2007. |
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