astrocyanite-(Ce)

{{Infobox mineral | name = Astrocyanite-(Ce) | boxwidth = | boxbgcolor = | image = Astrocyanite-(Ce)-571090.jpg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = Astrocyanite-(Ce) found at its type locality | struct image = | struct caption = | struct imagesize = | struct2 image = | struct2 caption = | struct2 imagesize= | SMILES = | Jmol = | category = | formula = {{chem2|Cu2(Ce,Nd,La)2(UO2)(CO3)5(OH)_{2}*1.5H2O}} |IMAsymbol=Acy-Ce | molweight = | strunz = | dana = | system = | class = | symmetry = | unit cell = | color = Blue, Bright blue, Blue green | colour = | habit = | twinning = | cleavage = | fracture = | tenacity = | toughness = | mohs = | luster = | streak = | diaphaneity = | gravity = 3.8 | density = 3.8 | polish = | opticalprop = | refractive = | birefringence = | pleochroism = | 2V = | dispersion = | extinction = | length fast/slow = | fluorescence = | absorption = | melt = | Curie temp = | fusibility = | diagnostic = | solubility = | impurities = | alteration = | ri values = | other = 25px Radioactive | prop1 = | prop1text = | references = | var1 = | var1text = | var2 = | var2text = | var3 = | var3text = | var4 = | var4text = | var5 = | var5text = | var6 = | var6text = }} Astrocyanite-(Ce) is a bright blue mineral with the chemical formula {{chem2|Cu2(Ce,Nd,La)2(UO2)(CO3)5(OH)_{2}*1.5H2O}}. Its type locality is Kamoto East Open Cut, Kamoto, Kolwezi, Lualaba, Congo

The name of this mineral comes from the ("") for "star", ("") for "blue", in allusion to its colour and habit of the aggregates, and the dominant lanthanide element in its composition.