a = 9.476(4)-9.483(6) b = 16.940(8)-16.938(11) c = 8.942(4)-8.965(3) [Å], Z = 4
Identification
Color
Pale pink to purple
Crystal habit
Platy
Twinning
Common on {101}
Cleavage
Micaceous, perfect on {101}
Fracture
Uneven
Tenacity
Sectile
Mohs scale hardness
2.5
Luster
Vitreous to pearly
Streak
White
Density
2.78-2.84 (measured), 2.79-2.816 (calculated)
Optical properties
Biaxial (-)
2V angle
58-61° (measured), 60-63.5° (calculated)
References
[2]
Lanthanites are a group of isostructural rare earth element (REE) carbonate minerals. This group comprises the minerals lanthanite-(La),[3][4] lanthanite-(Ce),[5] and lanthanite-(Nd).[6] This mineral group has the general chemical formula of (REE)2(CO3)3·8(H2O). Lanthanites include La, Ce, and Nd as major elements and often contain subordinate amounts of other REEs including praseodymium (Pr), samarium (Sm), europium (Eu) and dysprosium (Dy).[7] The lanthanite crystal structure consists of layers of 10-fold coordinated REE-oxygen (O) polyhedra and carbonate (CO32−) groups connected by hydrogen bonds to interlayer water molecules, forming a highly hydrated structure.[8]
^Haidinger W (1845) Zweite Klasse: Geogenide. II. Ordnung. Baryte. III. Cerebaryt. Lanthanit., in Handbuch der Bestimmenden Mineralogie, Bei Braumüller and Seidel (Wien) 499-506.
^Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist 72, 1031-1042.
^Bevins R E, Rowbotham G, Stephens F S, Turgoose S, Williams P A (1985) Lanthanite-(Ce), (Ce,La,Nd)2(CO3)3·8H2O, a new mineral from Wales, U.K.. American Mineralogist 70, 411-413.
^Roberts A C, Chao G Y, Cesbron F (1980) Lanthanite-(Nd), a new mineral from Curitiba, Parana, Brazil, Geological Survey of Canada Paper 80-1C, 141-142.
^The Canadian Mineralogist 45 (2007) 1389-1396.
^Morrison, S. M., Andrade, M. B., Wenz, M. D., Domanik, K. J., & Downs, R. T. (2013). Lanthanite-(Nd), Nd2 (CO3) 3.8 H2O. Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, 69(3), i15-i16. doi:10.1107/S1600536813003164
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