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Silicate

Khristovite-(Ce)

CaCe(MgAlMn²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]F(OH)
Crystal systemMonoclinic
ClassSilicate
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Khristovite-(Ce) specimen

Khristovite-(Ce) Locality: Rhodonite occurrence, Muzeinyi Valley, Inyl'chek Range, Issyk-Kul'skaya Oblast, Kyrgyzstan Brown crystals of Khristovite-(Ce), (analysed). Field of view 3 mm. Specimen and photo Leon Hupperichs. — Photo: Leon Hupperichs · CC BY-SA 3.0

Khristovite-(Ce)

Khristovite-(Ce) is an IMA-recognized mineral species in the silicate class, with the chemical formula CaCe(MgAlMn²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]F(OH).

It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system (space group P2_1/m). It is a member of the Epidote, dollaseite structural group.

IMA symbol Kh-Ce, IMA status: approved, named in 1991.

Index entry. This entry combines official IMA/RRUFF species data with published physical-property data — a full written entry hasn’t been published yet. Browse more K minerals or help write this entry.