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Sazhinite-(Ce)

Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Sazhinite-(Ce), etc.

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Sazhinite-(Ce)

Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Sazhinite-(Ce)

Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Sazhinite-(Ce), etc.

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Sazhinite-(Ce)

Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Sazhinite-(Ce)

Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek Rural, Khomas Region, Namibia

Sazhinite-(Ce), etc.

Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

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About SazhinitHide

Synonym of:

Sazhinite-(Ce), Sazhinite-(La)

This page provides mineralogical data about Sazhinit.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

24291

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:24291:2

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Sazhinita
Sazhinite
Sazhinite-(Ce)	A valid IMA mineral species	Na₃CeSi₆O₁₅ · 2H₂O
Sazhinite-(La)	A valid IMA mineral species	Na₃La[Si₆O₁₅] · 2H₂O

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0015583	Sazhinite-(Ce)	Shumyatskaya N G, Voronkov A A, Pyatenko Y A (1980) Sazhinite, Na2Ce[Si6O14(OH)]nH2O: a new representative of the dalyite family in crystal chemistry* Soviet Physics Crystallography 25 419-423		1980		0	293
0014578	Sazhinite-(La)	Camara F, Ottolini L, Devouard B, Garvie L A J, Hawthorne F C (2006) Sazhinite-(La), Na3LaSi6O15(H2O)2, a new mineral from the Aris phonolite, Nambia: description and crystal structure Mineralogical Magazine 70 405-418		2006	Aris phonolite, Nambia	0	293

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_chemical_name_mineral 'Sazhinite-(Ce)'
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_publ_author_name
'Shumyatskaya N G'
'Voronkov A A'
'Pyatenko Y A'
_journal_name_full 'Soviet Physics Crystallography'
_journal_volume 25 
_journal_year 1980
_journal_page_first 419
_journal_page_last 423
_publ_section_title
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 Sazhinite, Na2Ce[Si6O14(OH)]*nH2O: a new representative of the dalyite family in crystal chemistry
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_database_code_amcsd 0015583
_chemical_formula_sum 'Ce2 Si12 Na4 O33 H8'
_cell_length_a 7.50
_cell_length_b 15.62
_cell_length_c 7.35
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 861.052
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      2.401
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P m m 2'
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_atom_site_label
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv
Ce1   0.00000   0.26000   0.00400   0.04496
Si1   0.28400   0.09400   0.76000   0.04167
Si2   0.29800   0.40200   0.29500   0.03648
Si3   0.00000   0.16400   0.49600   0.05560
Si4   0.00000   0.36500   0.59200   0.04737
Na1   0.50000   0.26100   0.00500   0.04889
Na2   0.22200   0.50000   0.87500   0.08701
O1   0.25700   0.00000   0.82300   0.04673
O2   0.24500   0.33500   0.13900   0.06561
O3   0.24100   0.17100   0.91600   0.04534
O4   0.19200   0.11400   0.56500   0.03242
O5   0.17100   0.39800   0.48700   0.07206
O6   0.25400   0.50000   0.23200   0.05003
O-H7   0.00000   0.18900   0.27600   0.05775
O8   0.00000   0.25900   0.60400   0.05788
O9   0.00000   0.39200   0.78900   0.08055
O10   0.50000   0.11300   0.68800   0.05636
O11   0.50000   0.40200   0.37700   0.06561
Wat12   0.50000   0.37300   0.76600   0.05345
Wat13   0.00000   0.00000   0.13800   0.12690

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Canada
Québec Montérégie La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM Mont Saint-Hilaire ⓘ Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH)	[Sazhinite-(Ce)] Horváth et al. (1990)
Lajemmerais RCM Varennes & St-Amable ⓘ Saint-Amable sill	[Sazhinite-(Ce)] Horváth et al. (1998)
ⓘ Demix-Varennes quarry	[Sazhinite-(Ce)] Horváth et al. (1998)

Namibia
Khomas Region Windhoek Rural Aris ⓘ Aris Quarries	[Sazhinite-(Ce)] Uwe Kolitsch (single-crystal X-ray diffraction + SEM-EDS) +2 other references

Russia
Murmansk Oblast Lovozersky District Karnasurt Mountain ⓘ Yubileinaya pegmatite	[Sazhinite-(Ce)] Eskova et al. (1974) +3 other references

Spain
Canary Islands Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province Tenerife ⓘ ~~Alcala~~	[Sazhinite-(Ce)] Dill et al. (2023)
Arona ⓘ ~~Centinela~~	[Sazhinite-(Ce)] Dill et al. (2023)
ⓘ ~~Playa de Enramada~~	[Sazhinite-(Ce)] Dill et al. (2023)

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