cheralite
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Cheralite is an anhydrous phosphate mineral with the ideal chemical formula CaTh(PO4)2. It is isomorphous with huttonite and monazite. It can be regarded as the product of the complete cationic substitution in the system:
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- Named after
- Chera dynasty
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- chemical formula
- CaTh(PO₄)₂
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 8.AD.50
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 8.AD.50
- Commons category
- Cheralite
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Cher
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VII/A.11
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Cheralite is an anhydrous phosphate mineral with the ideal chemical formula CaTh(PO4)2. It is isomorphous with huttonite and monazite. It can be regarded as the product of the complete cationic substitution in the system:
2 LREE3+ ↔ Ca2+ + Th4+.
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