Coskrenite-(Ce) Mineral Data

Coskrenite-(Ce) Mineral Data

[New Updates] [Gallery 1] [Gallery 2] [Gallery 3] [Rock Shop Gallery]
Serving the mineral collector and educator community since 1970
Over 900,000 mineral specimens in stock
New minerals acquired weekly - Wright's Rock Shop

General Coskrenite-(Ce) Information

Chemical Formula:

(Ce,Nd,La)2(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O)

Composition:

Molecular Weight = 706.61 gm

Lanthanum 5.90 % La 6.92 % La₂O₃

Cerium 21.81 % Ce 25.55 % Ce₂O₃

Hydrogen 2.28 % H 20.40 % H₂O

Carbon 3.40 % C 10.19 % C₂O₃

Sulfur 9.08 % S 22.66 % SO₃

Neodymium 12.25 % Nd 14.29 % Nd₂O₃

Oxygen 45.28 % O

______ ______

100.00 % 100.00 % = TOTAL OXIDE

Empirical Formula:

Ce_1.1Nd_0.6La_0.3(SO₄)₂(C₂O₄)·8(H₂O)

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.

IMA Status:

Approved IMA 1996 (Dana # Added)

Locality:

Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee, USA. Link to MinDat.org Location Data.

Name Origin:

Named for T. Dennis Coskren (1942-), geologist from Columbia, Maryland, whose work was instrumental in the discovery to the mineral.

Synonym:

IMA1996-056

Search for Coskrenite-(Ce) Images

Images:

Image not yet available on Webmineral.com

Try searching images.google.com or Mindat Picture Gallary for mineral pictures. Caution: The images retrieved may not be appropriate.

Coskrenite-(Ce) Crystallography

Axial Ratios:

a:b:c =0.476:1:0.7168

Cell Dimensions:

a = 8.718, b = 18.313, c = 13.128, Z = 6; beta = 94° V = 2,090.82 Den(Calc)= 3.37

Crystal System:

Monoclinic - PrismaticH-M Symbol (2/m) Space Group: C 2/c

$Help on X Ray Diffraction:$ X Ray Diffraction:

By Intensity(I/I_o): 5.48(1)(110), 8.52(0.7)(001), 3.84(0.6)(020,110),6.72(0.6)(011), 4.26(0.5)(002,012), 2.744(0.4)(122,212

Crystal Structure:

Mouse
drag1 - LMB Manipulate Structure
drag2 - RMB Resize/Rotate
Keyboard
S - Stereo Pair on/off
H - Help Screen
I - Data Info
A - Atoms On/Off
P - Polyhedra On/Off
B - Bonds On/Off
Help on Above

Peacor D R , Rouse R C , Essene E J , Lauf R J , The Canadian Mineralogist , 37 (1999) p.1453-1462, Coskrenite-(Ce), (Ce,Nd,La)2(SO4)2(C2O4).8H2O, a new rare-earth oxalate mineral, from Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee: Characterization and crystal structure, Locality: Alum Cave Bluff, Tennessee, USA

Physical Properties of Coskrenite-(Ce)

Cleavage:

[001] Perfect

Color:

Pink, Very pale blue, Cream.

Diaphaniety:

Transparent

Fracture:

Brittle - Generally displayed by glasses and most non-metallic minerals.

Habit:

Tabular - Form dimensions are thin in one direction.

Habit:

Water Soluble - Water soluble mineral.

Habit:

Wedge shaped - Crystals shaped like a wedge.

Luminescence:

Non-fluorescent, Short UV=very pale blue, Long UV=very pale blue.

Luster:

Vitreous (Glassy)

Streak:

white

Optical Properties of Coskrenite-(Ce)

Gladstone-Dale:

CI calc= 0.031 (Excellent) - where the CI = (1-KPDcalc/KC)
KPDcalc= 0.1705,KC= 0.1761

Optical Data:

Biaxial (-), a=1.544, b=1.578, g=1.602, bire=0.0580, 2V(Calc)=78, 2V(Meas)=65. Dispersion medium, r > v.

Calculated Properties of Coskrenite-(Ce)

Electron Density:

r_electron=3.21 gm/cc
note: r_{Coskrenite-(Ce)}=3.37 gm/cc.

Fermion Index

Fermion Index = 0.02641
Boson Index = 0.97359

Photoelectric:

PE_{Coskrenite-(Ce)}= 200.21 barns/electron
U=PE_{Coskrenite-(Ce)} x r_electron= 643.37 barns/cc.

Radioactivity:

GRapi = 40,641.89 (Gamma Ray American Petroleum Institute Units)

Coskrenite-(Ce) is Radioactive as defined in 49 CFR 173.403. Greater than 70 Bq / gram.

Estimated Maximum U.S. Postal Shipping Size (10 mRem/hr limit, Unshielded 10 cm box) 748.41 ±187.10 grams of pure Coskrenite-(Ce) .

**Estimated Radioactivity from Coskrenite-(Ce)** - weak
Specimen Size Weight/Volume (Sphere) *	Calculated Activity Bequerols (Bq)	Calculated Activity Curies (Ci)	Estimated Activity GR(api)	Estimated Exposure (mRem**)/hr If Held in Hand For One Hour
1000 gm / 8.28 cm	895,041	2.42E-05	40,641.89	13.36
100 gm / 3.84 cm	89,504	2.42E-06	4,064.19	1.34
10 gm / 1.78 cm	8,950	2.42E-07	406.42	0.13
1 gm / 8.28 mm	895	2.42E-08	40.64	0.01
0.1 gm / 3.84 mm	90	2.42E-09	4.06	0.00
0.01 gm / 1.78 mm	9	2.42E-10	0.41	0.00
0.001 gm / 0.83 mm	1	2.42E-11	0.04	0.00

Weight of pure Coskrenite-(Ce) in grams (gm) and Calculated Diameter of a Sphere with a Density of 3.37 gm/cc.*
Goverment Estimate of Average Annual Exposure ( 360 mRem) **
Note: 10 microsieverts/hr = 1 mRem/hr **
Max Permissable Adult Dose 50,000 mRem/yr (hands), 15,000 mRem/yr (eyes)
Lethal Dose LD(50) Exposure 400,000 to 500,000 mRem
Estimated Thorium Activity ( 2.00 % Th) From Sum REE Elements (39.96 % REE)

Coskrenite-(Ce) Classification

Dana Class:

50.1.9.2 (50)Salts of Organic Acids

(50.1)(Oxalates)

(50.1.9)Dana Group

50.1.9.1 Zugshunstite-(Ce)! (Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

50.1.9.2 Coskrenite-(Ce) ! (Ce,Nd,La)2(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

50.1.9.3 Levinsonite-(Y)! (Y,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·12(H2O) P 2/n 2/m

Strunz Class:

IX/A.01-110 IX - Organic compunds

IX/A - Oxalates. Salts from organic acids. [C2O4]2- arranged after increasing cation size

IX/A.01 - Whewellite - Wheatleyite series

IX/A.01-05 Natroxalate! Na2C2O4 P 2₁/a 2/m

IX/A.01-10 Whewellite Ca(C2O4)·(H2O) P 2₁/n 2/m

IX/A.01-20 Weddellite Ca(C2O4)·2(H2O) I 4/m 4/m

IX/A.01-25 Caoxite! Ca(C2O4)·3(H2O) P1 1

IX/A.01-28 Novgorodovaite! Ca2(C2O4)Cl2·2(H2O) I2/m 2/m

IX/A.01-30 Oxammite (NH4)2(C2O4)·(H2O) P 2₁2₁2 2 2 2

IX/A.01-40 Glushinskite Mg(C2O4)·2(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

IX/A.01-50 Humboldtine Fe(C2O4)·2(H2O) I2/a 2/m

IX/A.01-55 Lindbergite! Mn(C2O4)·2(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

IX/A.01-60 Minguzzite K3Fe(C2O4)3·3(H2O) P 2₁/c 2/m

IX/A.01-70 Zhemchuzhnikovite NaMg(Al,Fe)(C2O4)3·8(H2O) Unk Trig

IX/A.01-80 Stepanovite NaMgFe(C2O4)3·8-9(H2O) Unk Trig

IX/A.01-90 Moolooite Cu(C2O4)·n(H2O)(n<1) Unk Ortho

IX/A.01-100 Wheatleyite Na2Cu(C2O4)2·2(H2O) P1 1

IX/A.01-110 Coskrenite-(Ce) (Ce,Nd,La)2(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

IX/A.01-120 Levinsonite-(Y)! (Y,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·12(H2O) P 2/n 2/m

IX/A.01-130 Zugshunstite-(Ce)! (Ce,Nd,La)Al(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O) C 2/c 2/m

Other Coskrenite-(Ce) Information

References:

NAME( AmMin, vol 85, p1561) PHYS. PROP.(AmMin, vol 85, p1561) OPTIC PROP.(AmMin, vol 85, p1561)

See Also:

Links to other databases for Coskrenite-(Ce) :
1 -Am. Min. Crystal Structure Database 2 -Athena 3 -Google Images 4 -Google Scholar 5 -Handbook of Mineralogy (UofA) 6 -MinDAT 7 -MinMax(Deutsch) 8 -MinMax(English) 9 -Mineralienatlas (Deutsch) 10 -QUT Mineral Atlas

Search for Coskrenite-(Ce) using:

[ALTAVISTA] [AOL] [About.com] [All-The-Web] [HotBot] [Ixquick] [LookSmart] [MAMMA] [MSN.COM] [Netscape] [Teoma] [Wikipedia] [YAHOO]

Visit our Advertisers for Coskrenite-(Ce) :
AA Mineral Specimens
B and L Minerals
Crystal Vaults
Dan Weinrich Fine Minerals
Dan Weinrich Auctions
e-Rocks Auctions
Excalibur Minerals
Exceptional Minerals
Fabre Minerals
Greenside Minerals
John Betts Fine Minerals
Masons Minerals
Mineral News
Mineral of the Month Club
MineralsWeb Fine Minerals
Rockshop.cz Kalat Fine Minerals
T G Fine Minerals
Wrights Rock Shop

Translate Coskrenite-(Ce) Mineral Data :

Ask about Coskrenite-(Ce) here :
Ask-A-Mineralogist from the Mineralogical Society of America
Mindat.org's Discussion Groups
Original Rockhounds Discussion Group
Rockhounds Discussion Group on Yahoo Groups
Mineral Discussion Forum from Fabre Minerals - also available in Español

Print or Cut-and-Paste your Coskrenite-(Ce) Specimen Label here :

Coskrenite-(Ce)

(Ce,Nd,La)2(SO4)2(C2O4)·8(H2O)
Dana No: 50.1.9.2 Strunz No: IX/A.01-110
Locality:

Notes: