Florencite-(Ce) : CSIRO Spectroscopy Database

Florencite-(Ce) [ CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆ ]

Images of Florencite-(Ce)

CL spectrum of Florencite-(Ce) from the Tista River, Bangladesh

Large (5mm) orange florencite crystal, with cherry-red ulvite crystals (to 5 mm), on magnesite. From Serra das Éguas, Brumado, Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil. Size: 7.6 x 4.5 x 2.6 cm.

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Material properties

Formula	CeAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆
Abbreviation	Flo-Ce
IMA Status	Approved/renamed (IMA 1987 s.p.)
Crystal symmetry	Trigonal
Classifications	Plumbogummite (group), Minerals containing OH, REE phosphate, Minerals containing PO4
Luminescence emitters	Sm, Unspecified
Spectra	Luminescence (1)
Search other databases	webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database
Tags	Hydroxide, Mineral, Orthophosphate, Phosphate, REE

Composition

Element	Atoms
H	6
P	2
Al	3
Ce	1
O	14
Total:	26

References for Florencite-(Ce)

Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence

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Torpy et al. 2020, luminescence, other

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Specimens of Florencite-(Ce)

Name	Owner	Materials	Image	Spectra	Techniques
Tista 2020 D4 Zircon conc	CSIRO	Albite, Apatite, Biotite, Florencite-(Ce), Ilmenite, K feldspar, Kyanite, Monazite-(Ce), Muscovite, Plagioclase, Quartz, Rutile, Scheelite, Titanite, Zircon, Zoisite	Tista 2020 D4 Zircon conc Image of a specimen of Zircon from Tista River, Bangladesh (C) 2020 CSIRO Mineral Resources	27	CL, EDS