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Mindat Short Description
The Ce analogue of uraninite and thorianite. The most simple Ce mineral known. Cerianite generally forms as an oxidation product of Ce3+-bearing minerals. Formation under hydrothermal oxidative conditions is rare.
One of three currently recognized m...
Geoscience Ontology Status Notes
Graham A R (1955) Cerianite CeO2: a new rare-earth oxide mineral, American Mineralogist 40, 560-564 Name changed from cerianite: Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist 72, 1031-1042
IMA Formula (from Mindat)
CeO2
RRUFF Formula (from Geoscience Ontology)
CeO2
