Category Carbonate minerals Strunz classification 5.BD.10 Space group P21/m | Formula
(repeating unit) Ba2CeF(CO3)3 Crystal system Monoclinic | |
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Crystal class Prismatic (2/m)
(same H-M symbol) | ||
Kukharenkoite-(Ce) is a barium cerium fluoride carbonate mineral, formula Ba2CeF(CO3)3. It was identified from samples found in the Mont-Saint-Hilaire alkaline intrusive complex, Quebec, and the Khibiny Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia. It was named for Russian mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914–1993).
The similar zhonghuacerite, a cerium containing mineral from China, is considered to be either kukharenkoite-(Ce) or huanghoite-(Ce) rather than a valid mineral.
References
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