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Cerite-(Ce)

Year of discovery: 1804 (St Görans mine, Sweden), 1999 (Japan)

Locality list: A locality of cerite-(Ce)

• (Ce,Ca)₉Fe(SiO₄)₃(HSiO₄)₄(OH)₃
• (Ce,Ca)₉(Fe,Mg)(SiO₄)₃(HSiO₄)₄(OH)₃
• [(Ce³⁺,Ca²⁺)₉][Fe³⁺][(OH)₃|(SiO₄)₃|(HSiO₄)₄]^27-

• Class: Nesosilicate - Hydroxide
• Soluble in: HCl (Gel residue)
• Radioactive: Weak

• Ce => La: Cerite-(La)

• Fe => Al: Aluminocerite-(Ce)

• Color: Brown, Grayish brown
• Luster: Vitreous
• Diaphaneity: Opaque

• Cleavage: No
• Hardness: 5.5
• Density: 4.9

• System: Trigonal
• Group: 3m, R3c
• Lattice: a=10.8, c=38.1