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Dyrnaesite-(La) a new hyperagpaitic mineral from the Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Jørn G. Rønsbo ,
Tonči Balić-Žunić  and
Ole V. Petersen
Jørn G. Rønsbo*
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 10, DK-1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark
Tonči Balić-Žunić
Affiliation:
Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5-7, DK-1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark
Ole V. Petersen
Affiliation:
Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5-7, DK-1350, Copenhagen K, Denmark
*
*E-mail: jornronsbo@gmail.com
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Abstract

The new mineral, dyrnaesite-(La), is found in the Ilímaussaq alkaline complex, South Greenland. The holotype material originates from an arfvedsonite lujavrite sheet as an accessory mineral. Dyrnaesite-(La) is pale yellowish green, with no cleavage and an irregular fracture. Density is 3.68(2)/3.682 g/cm3 (measured/ calculated). It is biaxial, negative, 2Vα = 47(1)/48 (measured/calculated); α = 1.6226(5), β = 1.6852(10), γ = 1.6982(2); X = c, Y = a, Z = b. The average values of microprobe analyses are (wt.%) P2O5 37.17, SiO2 0.15, CaO 0.90, Na2O 20.06, La2O3 16.44, CeO2 20.23, Pr2O3 1.40, Nd2O3 3.47, Sm2O3 0.24, Dy2O3 0.06, Y2O3 0.06.

The crystal structure was solved from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. Dyrnaesite-(La) is orthorhombic, Pnma; a = 18.4662(7) Å, b = 16.0106(5) Å, c = 7.0274(2) Å, V = 2077.7(2) Å3, Z = 4. The structural formula calculated from the diffraction data and microprobe analysis is Na7.89(Ce0.94Ca0.06)∑1.00(Ca0.12La1.14Ce0.40Pr0.10Nd0.24)∑2.00(PO4)6, the simplified formula is Na8Ce4+REE2(PO4)6. The crystal structure is related closely to that of vitusite-(Ce), but is distinct from it in several aspects. The five strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern are (d Å, (I %), (hkl)); 6.57 (100) (101), 4.62 (40) (301, 230, 400), 3.50 (40) (331), 2.80 (86) (232, 402), 2.67 (54) (060,630).

Keywords

dyrnaesite-(La)new mineraloptical propertieschemical analysesX-ray datavitusiteIlÍmaussaq
Type
Research Article
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , February 2017 , pp. 103 - 111
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2017

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