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Aeschynite-(Ce): (Ce,Ca,Fe)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6

Comments: Prismatic crystals of Aeschynite-(Ce). Crystals were mined in 1911-1912 during works of Alexandr E. Fersman's Radium Expedition on the mine. Measured radioactivity is 183 µR/h.
Location: Blyumovskaya Pit (Blum Pit; Pit No. 50), Ilmen Natural Reserve, Ilmen Mts, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia. Scale: Largest crystal size is 28x16x8 mm.
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Alforsite: Ba5(PO4)3Cl  
Titantaramellite: Ba4(Ti,Fe+++,Fe++,Mg)4(B2Si8O27)O2Clx X=0 TO 1, with Ti > Fe  
Sanbornite: BaSi2O5  
Celsian: BaAl2Si2O8

Comments: SEM image showing alforsite (al). Matrix composed by lamellar sanbornite (sa) and granular quartz (q). Rectangular crystal in the upper right corner is titantaramellite (ti) and isometric crystals included in sanbornite are celsian (ce).
Location: Trumbull Peak, near Incline, Mariposa Co., California, USA. Scale: See Image.
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Andradite: Ca3Fe+++2(SiO4)3  
Glagolevite: NaMg6[Si3AlO10](OH,O)8·H2O

Comments: Pearly white plates of glagolevite with olive-colored andradite dodecohedrons.
Location: Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 12x10 mm.
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Aqualite: (H3O)8(Na,K,Sr)5Ca6Zr3Si26O66(OH)9Cl

Comments: Pink aqualite grains with perfect cleavage originally described in the 1970's as 'hydroeudialyte'..
Location: Apatitovyi Tsirk (Apatite Circus), Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 12x10 mm.
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Bafertisite: Ba(Fe++,Mn)2TiSi2O7(O,OH)2  
Calcybeborosilite-(Y): (REE,Ca)2[ ](B,Be)2(SiO4)2(OH,O)2

Comments: Greenish-gray calcybeborosilite-(Y) grain intergrow with orange bafertisite platelet (upper left corner of the later). Associatied minerals are violet fluorite, white albite, black aegirine, light-yellow (red under UV lamp) cleiophane.
Location: Darai-Pioz (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz) Glacier, Alai (Alayskiy) Range, Tien Shan Mts, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan. Scale: Picture Size 12x10 mm.
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Britholite-(Y): (Y,Ca)5(SiO4,PO4)3(OH,F)

Comments: Brown cm-size britholite-(Y) grains with typical prismatic 'apatite' outline in quartz matrix with black magnetite. Tengerite-(Y) forms the white encrustation in upper right part of the photo.
Location: West Keivy Block, Western Keivy Massif, Kola peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 3.5x3.5 cm.
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Calciohilairite: CaZrSi3O9·3(H2O)  
Kuzmenkoite-Mn: (K,Na)2(Mn,Fe)(Ti,Nb)4[Si4O12]2(OH)4·5(H2O)

Comments: White rhombododecahedral crystals of calciohilairite associated with orange=brown stout prismatic kuzmenkoite-Mn on matrix.
Location: Flora Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV ~1x1 cm.
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Calcybeborosilite-(Y): (REE,Ca)2[ ](B,Be)2(SiO4)2(OH,O)2  
Bafertisite: Ba(Fe++,Mn)2TiSi2O7(O,OH)2

Comments: Greenish-gray calcybeborosilite-(Y) grain intergrow with orange bafertisite platelet (upper left corner of the later). Associatied minerals are violet fluorite, white albite, black aegirine, light-yellow (red under UV lamp) cleiophane.
Location: Darai-Pioz (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz) Glacier, Alai (Alayskiy) Range, Tien Shan Mts, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan. Scale: Picture Size 12x10 mm.
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Celsian: BaAl2Si2O8  
Alforsite: Ba5(PO4)3Cl  
Titantaramellite: Ba4(Ti,Fe+++,Fe++,Mg)4(B2Si8O27)O2Clx X=0 TO 1, with Ti > Fe  
Sanbornite: BaSi2O5

Comments: SEM image showing alforsite (al). Matrix composed by lamellar sanbornite (sa) and granular quartz (q). Rectangular crystal in the upper right corner is titantaramellite (ti) and isometric crystals included in sanbornite are celsian (ce).
Location: Trumbull Peak, near Incline, Mariposa Co., California, USA. Scale: See Image.
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Ceriopyrochlore-(Ce): (Ce,Ca,Y)2(Nb,Ta)2O6(OH,F)

Comments: Dark-brown granular aggregate of compact ceriopyrochlore-(Ce) with fine-granular aggregate of more light-brown zircon.
Location: Katugin Ta-­Nb deposit (Katuginskoye deposit), Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 8x5 cm.
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Cesstibtantite: (Cs,Na)SbTa4O12

Comments: Flesh-coloured simpsonite (blue scheelite-like UV luminescention) crystal partially replaced with grey cesstibtantite (orange UV luminescention)..
Location: Vasin-Myl'k Mt, Voron'i Tundry, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Specimen size is 6x5x2 cm.
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Chromatite: CaCrO4

Comments: Yellow, powdery coating of chromatite over carbonate rock. Associated minerals in the crust are halite and fluorapatite.
Location: Ma'aleh Adumim, Hatrurim formation, West Bank, Palestine. Scale: Box Size 29x29 mm.
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Columbite-(Mn): (Mn,Fe++)(Nb,Ta)2O6  
Plumbopyrochlore: (Pb,Y,U,Ca)2-xNb2O6(OH)

Comments: Yellow-brown plumbopyrochlore crystalline crust over black manganocolumbite grain. Such plumbopyrochlore-manganocolumbite ovoids with different grade of replacement are very typical for the locality.
Location: Amazonite pegmatites of Ploskaya Mt, Western Keivy Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: Picture Size 12x10 mm.
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Daqingshanite-(Ce): (Sr,Ca,Ba)3(Ce,La)(PO4)(CO3)3-x(OH,F)x

Comments: B&W SEM image showing large grains of daqingshanite-(Ce) (light-grey) in carbonate matrix (dark-grey). Associated mineral is monazite-(Ce), which form small very bright grains, partialy replacing daqingshanite-(Ce).
Location: Nkumbwa Hill Carbonatite (Nkombwa Hill Carbonatite), Isoka, Isoka District, Muchinga Mts., Northern Province, Zambia. Scale: Scale Bar 500 µm.
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Fergusonite-(Nd): (Nd,Ce)(Nb,Ti)O4  
Ferriallanite-(Ce): CaCe(Fe+++,Fe++,Al)3[SiO4][Si2O7]O(OH)

Comments: Orange-brown ferusonite-(Nd) grains in ferriallanite-(Ce) zone of the vein. Main black inclusions are ferriallanite-(Ce) crystals. White matrix is mixture of calcian strontianite and strontian calcite.
Location: Tornebohmite vein, Biraya Fe-REE ore occurrence, Biraya and Bya Rivers confluence area (Chara Basin), Vitim Plateau, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: FOV 1 cm.
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Ferriallanite-(Ce): CaCe(Fe+++,Fe++,Al)3[SiO4][Si2O7]O(OH)  
Kainosite-(Y): Ca2(Y,Ce)2Si4O12(CO3)·(H2O)

Comments: Short prismatic black crystals of ferriallanite-(Ce) in white slightly weathered kainosite-(Y). Orange prisms are zircons of the first generation. Fragment of the holotype specimen.
Location: Neprimetnyi pegmatite, Mount Ulyn Khuren, Khaldzan Buragtag Massif, Altai Mts, Hovd Aimag (Khovd Aimag), Mongolia. Scale: Crystal Size 2 mm.
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Ferriallanite-(Ce): CaCe(Fe+++,Fe++,Al)3[SiO4][Si2O7]O(OH)  
Fergusonite-(Nd): (Nd,Ce)(Nb,Ti)O4

Comments: Orange-brown ferusonite-(Nd) grains in ferriallanite-(Ce) zone of the vein. Main black inclusions are ferriallanite-(Ce) crystals. White matrix is mixture of calcian strontianite and strontian calcite.
Location: Tornebohmite vein, Biraya Fe-REE ore occurrence, Biraya and Bya Rivers confluence area (Chara Basin), Vitim Plateau, Buriatia (Buryatia) Republic, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia. Scale: FOV 1 cm.
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Ferric-ferronyboite: NaNa2(Fe++)3(Fe+++)2(Si7Al)O22(OH)2

Comments: Black granular-prismatic masses of ferric-ferronyboite. Associated minerals are white albite and beige zircon.
Location: Abdong (Aptong) Zr-Nb deposit, Pyonggang-gun, Kangwon Province, North Korea. Scale: Picture Size 12x10 mm.
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Ferronordite-(Ce): Na3SrCeFe++Si6O17  
Ferronordite-(La): Na3Sr(La,Ce)FeSi6O17

Comments: Large complex rosette of ferronordite-(La) in center and ferronordite-(Ce) on terminations of platy crystals. Earthy yellowish rhabdophane is Ce dominant.
Location: Bolshoi Punkaruaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 12x10 mm.
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Ferronordite-(La): Na3Sr(La,Ce)FeSi6O17  
Ferronordite-(Ce): Na3SrCeFe++Si6O17

Comments: Large complex rosette of ferronordite-(La) in center and ferronordite-(Ce) on terminations of platy crystals. Earthy yellowish rhabdophane is Ce dominant.
Location: Bolshoi Punkaruaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia. Scale: FOV is 12x10 mm.
© Pavel M. Kartashov