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https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-38-419-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/ejm-38-419-2026
New minerals, nomenclature, and classification
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16 Jul 2026
New minerals, nomenclature, and classification |  | 16 Jul 2026

Mckelveyite group minerals – Part 5: Bainbridgeite-(NdCe), Na2Ba2NdCe(CO3)63H2O, a new neodymium and cerium-dominant species from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada

Inna Lykova, Ralph Rowe, Glenn Poirier, Henrik Friis, Kelsie Ojaste, and Stephanie Barnes

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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
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