Synchysite-(Ce) [SEP] discoverer or inventor
Synchysite-(Ce)
Synchysite-(Ce) is a carbonate mineral and an end member of the synchysite group. The general chemical formula is Ca(Ce,La)(CO)F.
Discovery and naming.
Synchysite-(Ce) was discovered in 1900 by Gustaf Flink. The name is derived from the Greek "σύγχΰσις", meaning "confounding", a reference to the possibility to confuse the mineral with Parisite-(Ce).
Occurrences.
Synchysite-(Ce) is found in rare-earth element bearing pegmatites. It can also occur as a hydrothermal mineral in granite, alkalic syenite
15 Cebaite-(Nd), 15 Cebaite-(Ce); 20a Bastnasite-(Ce), 20a Bastnasite-(La), 20a Bastnasite-(Y), 20a Hydroxylbastnasite-(Ce), 20a Hydroxylbastnasite-(La), 20a Hydroxylbastnasite-(Nd), 20a Thorbastnasite, 20b Parisite-(Nd), 20b Parisite-(Ce), 20c Synchysite-(Ce), 20c Synchysite-(Nd), 20c Synchysite-(Y), 20d Rontgenite-(Ce); 25 Horvathite-(Y), 30 Qaqarssukite-(Ce), 35 Huanghoite-(Ce)
- 05.BE With Pb, Bi: 05 Shannonite, 10 Hydrocerussite, 15 Plumbonacrite, 20 Phosgenite, 25 Bismutite, 30 Kettnerite, 35 Beyerite
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