Cesbronite: Properties and Occurrences
Cesbronite is a copper-tellurium oxysalt mineral with the chemical formula Cu3Te6+O4(OH)4 (IMA 17-C). It was first found in the Bambollita (“La Oriental”) mine in the…
Geographic Minerals
Cesanite: Properties and Occurrences
Cesanite is the end member of the apatite-wilkeite-ellestadite series that substitutes all of apatite’s phosphate ions with sulfate ions and balances the difference in charge…
Cervantite
Cervantite is an antimony oxide mineral with formula Sb3+Sb5+O4 (antimony tetroxide). It was named after the first possible place of its occurrence at Cervantes, Spain.…
Cervandonite: Properties and Occurrences
Cervandonite is a rare arsenosilicate mineral. It has a chemical formula (Ce,Nd,La) (Fe3+,Fe2+,Ti4+,Al)3 SiAs(Si,As)O13 or (Ce,Nd,La)(Fe3+,Fe2+,Ti,Al)3 O2(Si2 O7)(As3+O3)(OH). Cervandonite-(Ce) was named after Pizzo Cervandone, a…
Cerussite: Properties and Occurrences
Cerussite (also known as lead carbonate or white lead ore) is a mineral consisting of lead carbonate (PbCO3), and an important ore of lead. The…
Cerium: Properties and Uses
Cerium is a chemical element with symbol Ce and atomic number 58. Cerium is a soft, ductile and silvery-white metal that tarnishes when exposed to…
Cerite: Properties and Occurrences
Cerite is a complex silicate mineral group containing cerium, formula (Ce, La, Ca)9(Mg, Fe+3)(SiO4)6(SiO3OH)(OH)3. It is a mineral consisting of a hydrous silicate of cerium…
Celsian: Properties and Occurrences
Celsian is an uncommon feldspar mineral, barium aluminosilicate, BaAl2Si2O8. It is an uncommon feldspar mineral, which was first discovered in 1895 in Imfeld Binnental, Switzerland.…
Celestine: Properties and Occurrences
Celestine or celestite is a mineral consisting of strontium sulfate (SrSO4). The mineral is named for its occasional delicate blue color. It is a strontium…
Celadonite: Properties and Occurrences
Celadonite is a mica group mineral, a phyllosilicate of potassium, iron in both oxidation states, aluminum and hydroxide with the formula: K(Mg, Fe2+)(Fe3+, Al)[Si4O10](OH)2. It…
Cavansite
Cavansite, whose name is derived from its chemical composition, calcium vanadium silicate, is a deep blue hydrous calcium vanadium phyllosilicate mineral, occurring as a secondary…
Cattierite
Cattierite (CoS2) is a cobalt sulfide mineral found in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a mineral consisting of cobalt sulfide and belonging to…
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