The new mineral fluorbritholite-(Ce) occurs in nepheline syenite,marble xenoliths,sodalite syenite xenoliths and pegmatite dikes at Mont St. Hilaire,Quebec,Canada. It is associated mainly with analcime,microcline,aegirine,zircon,biotite,pyrophanite,astrophyllite,ancylite,natrolite,monazite etc.. The mineral is hexagonal P63/m,with a=9.517(5)A,c=6.983(4)A,c/a= 0.7337 and V=547.7(8)A3;Z=2.The strongest X-ray powder diffraction lines and their relative intensities (visual)are:2.845(100),2.747(10),1.966(10),1.865(10) and 1.825(10). Fluorbritholite-(Ce) crystal is shown prismatic. Color is pale yellow,tan and reddish brown. Streak colorless to pale brown;luster adamantine;opaque to translucent; hardness 5;brittle;cleavage {0001} distinct;fracture even to conchoidal;density 4. 66 (1)g/cm3 (meas.)or 4. 66 g/cm3 (calc.);non-fluorescent. Optically uniaxial(-),ω=1. 792(5),ε=1.786(5)in Na light;nonpleochroic. Electron microprobe analyses correspond to (Ca1.77Ce1.35 Lao.96 Ndo.21 Nao.21 Mno0.15 Sro.09 Pro.o8 Tho.o5 Yo.o2 Smo.o1)4.90 (Si2.17 Po.79)2.96 O11.95 F1.05.The ideal structural formula is (REE,Ca)5(Si,P)3 O12F. Ǻ
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古阶祥,G. Y. Chao,汤素仁,1996,氟铈硅磷灰石—产自加拿大Mont St. Hilaire的新矿物[J].岩石矿物学杂志,15(1):40~45.,1996,Fluorbritholite-(Ce)- A New Mineral from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada[J]. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica,15(1):40~45.