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Cordylite-(Ce)

Narssârssuk pegmatite, Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku, Kujalleq, Greenland

Cordylite-(Ce), etc.

Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Cordylite-(Ce)

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Cordylite-(Ce)

Narssârssuk pegmatite, Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku, Kujalleq, Greenland

Cordylite-(Ce), etc.

Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Cordylite-(Ce)

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Cordylite-(Ce)

Narssârssuk pegmatite, Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku, Kujalleq, Greenland

Cordylite-(Ce), etc.

Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

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About CordyliteHide

Name:

From the Greek κορδύ, club, in allusion to the shape of the crystals.

Synonym of:

Cordylite-(Ce), Cordylite-(La)

This page provides mineralogical data about Cordylite.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

9543

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:9543:9

Similar NamesHide

Cordylite-(Ce)	A valid IMA mineral species - grandfathered	NaBaCe₂(CO₃)₄F
Cordylite-(La)	A valid IMA mineral species	(Na,Ca)Ba(La,Ce,Sr)₂(CO₃)₄F

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0019704	Cordylite-(La)	Mills S J, Kartashov P M, Kampf A R, Konev A A, Konev A A, Raudsepp M (2012) Cordylite-(La), a new mineral species in fenite from the Biraya Fe-REE deposit, Irkutsk, Russia The Canadian Mineralogist 50 1281-1290	2012	Biraya Fe-REE deposit, Irkutsk, Russia	293
0019703	Cordylite-(La)	Mills S J, Kartashov P M, Kampf A R, Konev A A, Konev A A, Raudsepp M (2012) Cordylite-(La), a new mineral species in fenite from the Biraya Fe-REE deposit, Irkutsk, Russia The Canadian Mineralogist 50 1281-1290	2012	Biraya Fe-REE deposit, Irkutsk, Russia	293
0001969	Cordylite-(Ce)	Giester G, Ni Y, Jarosch D, Hughes J M, Ronsbo J G, Yang Z, Zemann J (1998) Cordylite-(Ce): A crystal chemical investigation of material from four localities, including type material American Mineralogist 83 178-184	1998		293
0001968	Cordylite-(Ce)	Giester G, Ni Y, Jarosch D, Hughes J M, Ronsbo J G, Yang Z, Zemann J (1998) Cordylite-(Ce): A crystal chemical investigation of material from four localities, including type material American Mineralogist 83 178-184	1998		293
0001967	Cordylite-(Ce)	Giester G, Ni Y, Jarosch D, Hughes J M, Ronsbo J G, Yang Z, Zemann J (1998) Cordylite-(Ce): A crystal chemical investigation of material from four localities, including type material refinement based on F American Mineralogist 83 178-184	1998		293
0001966	Cordylite-(Ce)	Giester G, Ni Y, Jarosch D, Hughes J M, Ronsbo J G, Yang Z, Zemann J (1998) Cordylite-(Ce): A crystal chemical investigation of material from four localities, including type material refinement based on F2 American Mineralogist 83 178-184	1998		293
0001965	Cordylite-(Ce)	Giester G, Ni Y, Jarosch D, Hughes J M, Ronsbo J G, Yang Z, Zemann J (1998) Cordylite-(Ce): A crystal chemical investigation of material from four localities, including type material refinement based on F American Mineralogist 83 178-184	1998		293
0001964	Cordylite-(Ce)	Giester G, Ni Y, Jarosch D, Hughes J M, Ronsbo J G, Yang Z, Zemann J (1998) Cordylite-(Ce): A crystal chemical investigation of material from four localities, including type material refinement based on F2 American Mineralogist 83 178-184	1998		293
0001963	Cordylite-(Ce)	Giester G, Ni Y, Jarosch D, Hughes J M, Ronsbo J G, Yang Z, Zemann J (1998) Cordylite-(Ce): A crystal chemical investigation of material from four localities, including type material refinement based on F2 American Mineralogist 83 178-184	1998		293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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Ba   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   1.00000   0.01370
La   0.33333   0.66667   0.35481   0.35000   0.00939
Ce   0.33333   0.66667   0.35481   0.33000   0.00939
Sr   0.33333   0.66667   0.35481   0.23000   0.00939
Nd   0.33333   0.66667   0.35481   0.06000   0.00939
Pr   0.33333   0.66667   0.35481   0.02000   0.00939
Na   0.33333   0.66667   0.75000   0.61000   0.02220
Ca   0.33333   0.66667   0.75000   0.39000   0.02220
F   0.33333   0.66667   0.25000   0.75000   0.04200
O-H   0.33333   0.66667   0.25000   0.19000   0.04200
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C2   0.66667   0.33333   0.43380   1.00000   0.01080
O1   0.14400   0.28790   0.82290   1.00000   0.01650
O2   0.52190   0.04380   0.43486   1.00000   0.01920
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Ba 0.01290 0.01290 0.01510 0.00647 0.00000 0.00000
La 0.00890 0.00890 0.01040 0.00445 0.00000 0.00000
Ce 0.00890 0.00890 0.01040 0.00445 0.00000 0.00000
Sr 0.00890 0.00890 0.01040 0.00445 0.00000 0.00000
Nd 0.00890 0.00890 0.01040 0.00445 0.00000 0.00000
Pr 0.00890 0.00890 0.01040 0.00445 0.00000 0.00000
Na 0.02600 0.02600 0.01440 0.01300 0.00000 0.00000
Ca 0.02600 0.02600 0.01440 0.01300 0.00000 0.00000
F 0.05800 0.05800 0.01100 0.02900 0.00000 0.00000
O-H 0.05800 0.05800 0.01100 0.02900 0.00000 0.00000
C1 0.01300 0.01300 0.01200 0.00630 0.00000 0.00000
C2 0.01200 0.01200 0.00800 0.00610 0.00000 0.00000
O1 0.01560 0.01140 0.02110 0.00570 -0.00050 -0.00110
O2 0.02440 0.00990 0.01840 0.00500 0.00020 0.00040

Synonyms of CordyliteHide

Pseudoparisite

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References for CordyliteHide

Reference List:

Flink, Gust. (1898) Berättelse om en Mineralogsik Resa i Syd-Grönland sommaren 1897. [Narrative of a Mineralogical Journey in South Greenland in the summer of 1897]. Meddelelser om Grønland, 14. 221-262 doi:10.7146/mog.v14.139846p.236

Flink, G. (1901) Part I: On the Minerals from Narsarsuk on the Firth of Tunugdliarfik in Southern Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland, 24. 7-180p.42

Palache, Charles; Berman, Harry; Frondel, Clifford (1951) The System of Mineralogy (7th ed.) Vol. 2 - Halides, Nitrates, Borates, Carbonates, Sulfates, Phosphates, Arsenates, Tungstates, Molybdates, Etc. John Wiley and Sons.pp.285-287

Localities for CordyliteHide

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- Good crystals or important locality for species.

- World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). ~~Struck out~~ - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Canada
British Columbia Cariboo Mining Division Wicheeda Lake ⓘ Wicheeda Carbonatite Complex	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Dalsin (2013) +1 other reference
Golden Mining Division ⓘ Ice River Alkaline Complex	Canadian Museum of Nature collection
Omineca Mining Division Williston Lake ⓘ Aley Deposit (Aley Creek Carbonatite Complex)	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Taseko
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)	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Chen et al. (1975) +2 other references
Lajemmerais RCM Varennes & St-Amable ⓘ Saint-Amable sill	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Horváth et al. (1998)
ⓘ Demix-Varennes quarry	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Horváth et al. (1998)
Nord-du-Québec Jamésie ⓘ Montviel carbonatite complex	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Nadeau et al. (2015)

China
Inner Mongolia Baotou City Bayan Obo mining district ⓘ Bayan Obo deposit	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Qing-chang (1981) +3 other references
ⓘ East Mine	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Miyawaki et al. (2011) +1 other reference
ⓘ H9 litho-unit	Xie et al. (2026)
Dulahala ⓘ Wu dyke	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Yang et al. (2003)

Greenland
Kujalleq Igaliku Narsaarsuk Plateau ⓘ Narssârssuk pegmatite	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Flink (1901) +1 other reference

Malawi
Southern Region Zomba ⓘ Mount Malosa	[Cordylite-(Ce)] A. Guastoni pers. comm. 2007 & Horváth ...

Namibia
Khomas Region Windhoek Rural Aris ⓘ Aris Quarries	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data (2011)
Kunene Region Khorixas ⓘ Lofdal-Bergville REE deposit	Sitnikova et al. (2021) +1 other reference

Paraguay
Alto Paraguay Department ⓘ Cerro Boggiani	[Cordylite-(Ce), Cordylite-(La)] Comin-Chiaramonti et al. (2016)

Romania
Harghita County ⓘ Ditrău Complex	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Hirtopanu (2006)

Russia
Irkutsk Oblast Vitim Plateau Biraya and Bya Rivers confluence area (Chara Basin) Biraya Fe-REE ore occurrence ⓘ Ust'-Biraya	[Cordylite-(Ce), Cordylite-(La)] Konev et al. (2005)
Murmansk Oblast ⓘ Carbonatite Stock in the vicinity of Tul'ilukht Bay	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Zaitsev et al. (1992) +4 other references
ⓘ Olenii Ruchei (Olenii Creek; Oleny Ruchei)	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Zaitsev A et al. (1990)
ⓘ Kukisvumchorr Mt	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Pekov et al. (2004)
Northern Karelia ⓘ Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif	[Cordylite-(Ce)] ... +1 other reference

South Africa
Limpopo Mopani District Municipality Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality Phalaborwa ⓘ Palabora Mine	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Giebel et al. (2017)

Spain
Canary Islands Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province Tenerife Arico ⓘ ~~Tajao~~	[Cordylite-(Ce)] Dill et al. (2023)

USA
South Carolina Aiken County ⓘ Horse Creek (Hollow Creek)	- (2005)
Virginia Augusta County West Augusta ⓘ Stoutameyer Branch (Stotameyer Creek)	Robin D. Tibbit (deceased)

Vietnam
Lai Châu Province Phong Tho District Mt Fansipan Nâm Nâm Xe REE deposit ⓘ South Nâm Nâm Xe carbonatite	THUY et al. (2017)

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