loparite
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Loparite-(Ce) is a granular, brittle oxide mineral of the perovskite class. It is black to dark grey and may appear grey to white in reflected light on polished thin section with reddish brown internal reflections. It has the chemical formula of . Nioboloparite is a variation of loparite-(Ce) containing niobium.
Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Loparite-(Ce)
- Mineral.category
- Oxide minerals
- Mineral.image
- Loparite-(Ce)-41714.jpg
- Mineral.imagesize
- 260px
- Mineral.IMAsymbol
- Lop-Ce
- Mineral.strunz
- 4.CC.35
- Mineral.color
- Black to grey-brown in thin section
- Mineral.habit
- Cubic and octahedral crystals and massive
- Mineral.system
- Loparit-(Ce)-Q: tetragonal Loparit-(Ce)-O: orthorhombisch Loparit-(Ce)-C: cubic
- Mineral.twinning
- Penetration twins common on [111]
- Mineral.cleavage
- [100] Imperfect
- Mineral.fracture
- Uneven
- Mineral.tenacity
- Brittle
- Mineral.mohs
- 5.5–6.0
- Mineral.luster
- Metallic to sub-metallic
- Mineral.refractive
- n = 2.26–2.38
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Isotropic, anomalously anisotropic
- Mineral.streak
- Reddish brown
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- Image
- Loparite-(Ce)-41714.jpg
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- Commons category
- Loparite
- Nickel-Strunz 9th edition (updated 2009)
- 4.CC.35
- Nickel-Strunz '10th ed', review of (9th ed/ 2009 update)
- 4.CC.35
- IMA Mineral Symbol
- Lop-Ce
- chemical formula
- (Na₀.₅REE₀.₅)TiO₃
- Mohs' hardness
- 5.75
- density
- 4.765
- Strunz 8th edition (series ID, updated)
- IV/C.07
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Loparite-(Ce) is a granular, brittle oxide mineral of the perovskite class. It is black to dark grey and may appear grey to white in reflected light on polished thin section with reddish brown internal reflections. It has the chemical formula of . Nioboloparite is a variation of loparite-(Ce) containing niobium.
Loparite occurs as a primary phase in nepheline syenite intrusions and pegmatites. It is also found replacing perovskite in carbonatites.