leucophanite
Sign in to saveLeucophanite is an inosilicate mineral with the chemical formula . It may contain cerium substituting in the calcium position.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Leucophanite
- Mineral.image
- Leucophanite, Aegirine-175723.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- The leucophanite on an aegirine needle (about 4–5 mm on edge)
- Mineral.category
- Inosilicates
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Lph
- Mineral.strunz
- 9.DH.05
- Mineral.system
- Orthorhombic
- Mineral.class
- Disphenoidal (222) (same H-M symbol)
- Mineral.symmetry
- P212121
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- inosilicate
- Named after
- visual appearance
- Image
- Leucophanite, Aegirine-175723.jpg
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- crystal system
- orthorhombic crystal system
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 9.DH.05
- Commons category
- Leucophanite
- chemical formula
- NaCaBeSi₂O₆F
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 9.DH.05
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Lph
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- VIII/D*.01
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Leucophanite is an inosilicate mineral with the chemical formula . It may contain cerium substituting in the calcium position.
It occurs in pegmatites and alkali igneous complexes as yellow, greenish or white triclinic crystals and has been found in Norway, Quebec and Russia.
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