New Investigation on the Space Group of Chevkinite

Chevkinite specimen from a rare-earth mineral deposit in Sichuan,southwest ofChina have been studied in detail by means of transmission electron microscope(TEM).The selected area electron diffraction(SAED)and convergent beam electron diffraction(CBED)patterns,obtained from different crystal zone axis direction,proved coineidently that the space group of chevkinite is C2/m.Fringe lattice image obser-vation showed the mineral crystal is structurally uniform in microscale,and it is anideal specimen for electron diffraction analysis.The mineral studied here is similar to theone from Bayan Obo,Inner Mongolia,China,in chemical composition and REE distri-bution.The chemical formula of the crystal is(Ce,La,…,Ca)_4 Fe~2-(Fe,Ti,Nb)_2O_8 (Si_2O_7)_2 .From our study,we come to the conclusion that the space group of the natu-ral chevkinite is C2/m,instead of P2_1/a as synthetic one.Up to now,chevkinitecompositionally similar to the synthetic one,in which the complete replacements of Ce,La by Nd and Fe by Mg or Co o     

新矿物丁道衡矿-（Ce）：珀硅钛铈矿的同质多象体和硅钛铈矿亚族C（1）位上的钛类似矿物

丁道衡矿-(Ce):(Ce,La)4Fe2 (Ti,Fe2 ,Mg,Fe3 )2Ti2Si4O22,理想的结构化学式Ce2Ce2Fe2 Ti2Ti2Si4O22单斜晶系,α=1.34656(15)nm,b=0.57356(6)nm,c=1.10977(12)nm,β=100.636(2)°,V=0.84239(46)nm3,空间群P21/a(假C2/m),Z=2.作为硅钛铈矿(chevkinite)族矿物的新成员,它产于举世闻名的白云鄂博铁.稀土.铌矿床镁夕卡岩中,多数单晶体长0.2～1.0 cm,最大者长大于1.5 cm.共生矿物有透辉石、透闪石、钠透闪石、褐帘石-(Ce)、磁铁矿、尖晶石、烧绿石、氟金云母、氟磷灰石、石英和萤石等.矿物具有褐色条痕和半金属一金属光泽的黑色,其褐黑色碎片半透明.性脆、具有贝壳状断口、无解理和裂开.显微硬度(VHN25g)为606.0～717.4 kg/mm/12(相当于摩氏硬度约5.9).矿物实测密度4.83(7)g/cm3,计算密度值4.88(0)g/cm3.丁道衡矿-(ce)的反射色为带灰色的浅黄色,多色性为不同色调的灰色.平均反射率(λ=589nm)为11.4%～12.5%.矿物为二轴晶负光性.作过结构精测的丁道衡矿-(Ce)晶体的电子探针测值:SiO2:19.29,TiO2:18.26,A12O3:0.04,FeO:8.49,Fe2O3,:1.67,ThO2:0.16,MgO:1.32,CaO:2.17,Nb2O5:0.47,Ta2O5:0.00,La2O3:19.53,Ce2O3:28.08,Y2O3:0.00,Na1O:0.01,总量99.46%;其中Fe3 /Fe2 的比值依穆斯堡尔谱换算.根据结构精测每个单位分子式中O=22和C(1)位上Ti优先占位,计算的矿物晶体化学式为(Ce2.13,La1.49Ca0.48Th0 01)Σ4.11Fe2 (Tin0.88Fe2 0.47Mg0.41 Fe0.0)Σ2.03(Ti1.96Nb0 04)Σ2.00(Si2O7)2O3.分别用P21/a和C2/m对丁道衡矿-(Ce)的晶体结构作了精测.结果表明,丁道衡矿-(Ce)的真空间群是P20/a.换言之,它才是真正珀硅钛铈矿[perrierite-(Ce)]的同质多象体.显而易见,硅钛铈矿族矿物既可以有P21/a空间群,又可以有C2/m空间群.     

四川昌北稀土矿床中的硅钛铈矿

1986年笔者在四川昌北稀土矿床中发现一种结晶完好的硅钛铈矿。矿物物理性质与我国白云鄂博产出者相似。矿物组分中富铌。晶体化学式为(Ce,La,Nd…Ca)_4Fe~(2+)(FeTiNb)_2Ti_2O_8[Si_2O_7]_2。经四圆单晶衍射和电子衍射测得晶胞参数相同,α=13.385(2),b=5.742(1),c=10.059(2),β=100.60(0.01)°,空间群C 2/m。对矿物晶体定向带轴进行了高分辨晶格象观测。     

牦牛坪矿-(Ce):一种新发现的稀土元素矿物

牦牛坪矿- (Ce)属硅钛铈矿亚族的新成员,发现于四川牦牛坪稀土矿床的碳酸岩、伟晶碳酸岩和碱性岩等矿脉中。与已知的同亚族矿物相比,新矿物要么是chevkinite - (Ce)B位上的Fe3 + 类似物,要么同时是polyakovite- (Ce)B位和C位上的Fe3 + 类似物。牦牛坪矿- (Ce)直接从一类富F、水和REE的岩浆 热液过渡阶段的成矿流体中结晶所成。新矿物得名于产地和稀土元素中Ce居优。牦牛坪矿- (Ce)及其命名,已获国际矿物协会新矿物及矿物命名委员会投票批准。