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Zugshunstite-(Ce) Mineral Data

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General Zugshunstite-(Ce) Information

Help on Chemical Formula: Chemical Formula: (Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)•8(H2O)
Help on Composition: Composition: Molecular Weight = 667.51 gm
   Lanthanum       2.08 %  La    2.44 % La2O3
   Cerium         10.50 %  Ce   12.29 % Ce2O3
   Praeseodymium   2.11 %  Pr    2.47 % Pr2O3
   Aluminum        3.64 %  Al    6.87 % Al2O3
   Iron            0.84 %  Fe    1.20 % Fe2O3
   Hydrogen        3.62 %  H    32.39 % H2O
   Carbon          3.60 %  C    10.79 % C2O3
   Sulfur          9.61 %  S    23.99 % SO3
   Neodymium       6.48 %  Nd    7.56 % Nd2O3
   Oxygen         57.53 %  O
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                 100.00 %      100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE
Help on Empirical Formula: Empirical Formula: Ce0.5Nd0.3La0.1Pr0.1Al0.9Fe3+0.1(SO4)2(C2O4)�12(H2O)
Help on Environment: Environment: Associated with epsomite and "hair salts" in soil sheltered by an overhanging bluff. The sulfate is from the oxidation of pyritiferous shales in the bedrock. The cerium dominant ana log of levinsonite-(Y).
Help on IMA Status: IMA Status: Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added)
Help on Locality: Locality: Alum Cave Bluff, Great Smoky Mountains Park, Tennessee, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.
Help on Name Origin: Name Origin: Named for the Cherokee Indian term for the Great Smoky Mountains.
Help on Synonym: Synonym: IMA1996-055