Thorite [ ThSiO4 ]
Material properties
| Formula | ThSiO4 |
| Abbreviation | Thr |
| IMA Status | Grandfathered (pre-IMA), 1829 |
| Crystal symmetry | Tetragonal, Point group 4/mmm |
| Classifications | Minerals containing SiO4, Zircon (group), Thorium silicate, Th-U silicate |
| Related materials | Huttonite |
| Luminescence emitters | Dy, Eu, Nd, Sm, Tb, Ti, UO2 |
| Spectra | Luminescence (2) |
| Search other databases | webmineral.com, mindat.org, rruf.info, fluomin.org, mineralienatlas.de, Handbook of Mineralogy, American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database |
| Tags | Mineral, Silicate |
Composition
| Element | Atoms |
|---|---|
| Si | 1 |
| O | 4 |
| Th | 1 |
| Total: | 6 |
References for Thorite
|
Lines | Spectra | Images | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSIRO R-2018-01 Mnz | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Gaft et al. 1998 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gorobets and Rogojine 2002 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| CSIRO spectra 2015 (Cox's Bazar) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Specimens of Thorite
| Name | Owner | Materials | Spectra | Techniques |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S-18-001 Monazite | CSIRO | Calcium carbonate, Cassiterite, Crandallite (var. REE), Fluorapatite, Monazite-(Ce), Quartz, Scheelite, Thorite, Wolframite, Xenotime-(Y), Zircon | 3 | CL |