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Cerite: a new supergroup of minerals and cerite-(La) renamed ferricerite-(La)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2020

Daniel Atencio Open the ORCID record for Daniel Atencio [Opens in a new window]  and
Andrezza de Almeida Azzi
Daniel Atencio*
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Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Lago, 562, 05508-080 São Paulo, SP, Brasil
Andrezza de Almeida Azzi
Affiliation:
Instituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Lago, 562, 05508-080 São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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*Author for correspondence: Daniel Atencio, Email: datencio@usp.br
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Abstract

The cerite supergroup is established and includes the cerite group (silicates) and merrillite group (phosphates). Cerite-group minerals are cerite-(Ce), ferricerite-(La), aluminocerite-(Ce) and taipingite-(Ce). The merrillite group is subdivided into two subgroups: merrillite (merrillite, ferromerrillite, keplerite and matyhite) and whitlockite (whitlockite, strontiowhitlockite, wopmayite and hedegaardite). Cerite-(La) has been renamed ferricerite-(La). The new nomenclature has been approved by the International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification.

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cerite supergroupcerite groupmerrillite groupferricerite-(La)

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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 84 , Issue 6 , December 2020 , pp. 928 - 931
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland

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Associate Editor: Anthony R Kampf

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