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https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-38-419-2026
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Mckelveyite group minerals – Part 5: Bainbridgeite-(NdCe), Na2Ba2NdCe(CO3)6●3H2O, a new neodymium and cerium-dominant species from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada
Inna Lykova
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, K1P 6P4, Canada
Ralph Rowe
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, K1P 6P4, Canada
Glenn Poirier
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, K1P 6P4, Canada
Henrik Friis
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0318, Norway
Kelsie Ojaste
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Canada
Stephanie Barnes
Canadian Conservation Institute, Ottawa, K1B 4S7, Canada
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A new mineral group – the mckelveyite group – consisting of seven carbonate minerals was established. One of the seven members, donnayite-(Y), was re-investigated and its belonging to the mckelveyite group was confirmed.
Inna Lykova, Ralph Rowe, Glenn Poirier, Henrik Friis, and Kate Helwig
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The paper describes bainbridgeite-(NdCe), Na2Ba2NdCe(CO3)6∙3H2O, from the famous Mont Saint-Hilaire complex, Quebec, Canada, the first known mineral with Ce and Nd atoms preferentially concentrated at two different sites of the structure
The paper describes bainbridgeite-(NdCe), Na2Ba2NdCe(CO3)6∙3H2O, from the famous Mont...