Synchysite

Synchysite
Synchysite
	A synchysite with unknown end-member composition
General
Category	Minerals
Formula	Ca(REE)(CO3)2F
Strunz classification	5.BD.
Crystal system	Monoclinic and trigonal
Space group	C2/c (monoclinic)
Identification
Mohs scale hardness	4.5
References

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Synchysite is a group of carbonate minerals.^[3] The three isostructural chemical end members are synchysite-(Ce), synchysite-(Nd) and synchysite-(Y). Huanghoite-(Ce) belongs to the group, but has a different symmetry and calcium is replaced by barium.^[4]^[5]

Synchesite group
Mineral name	Chemical formula	Symmetry	Space group
Huanghoite-(Ce)	BaCe(CO ₃) ₂F	$3\;2/m$	$R\;{\overline {3}}\;m$
Synchysite-(Ce)	Ca(Ce,La)(CO ₃) ₂F	$2/m$	$C\;2/c$
Synchysite-(Nd)	CaNd(CO ₃) ₂F	$2/m$	$C\;2/c$
Synchysite-(Y)	CaY(CO ₃) ₂F	$2/m$	$C\;2/c$

References

^ "Synchysite-(Ce)" (PDF). handbookofmineralogy. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
^ Wang, L.; Ni, Y.; Hughes, J.M.; Bayliss, P.; Drexler, J.W. (1994). "The atomic arrangement of synchysite-(Ce), CeCaF(CO3)2". The Canadian Mineralogist. 32: 865–871. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
^ "Synchysite Group". Retrieved 24 February 2013.
^ "Synchysite-(Ce)". Retrieved 24 February 2013.
^ "Huanghoite-(Ce)". Retrieved 24 February 2013.

[handbookofmineralogy-1] "Synchysite-(Ce)" (PDF). handbookofmineralogy. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

[2] Wang, L.; Ni, Y.; Hughes, J.M.; Bayliss, P.; Drexler, J.W. (1994). "The atomic arrangement of synchysite-(Ce), CeCaF(CO3)2". The Canadian Mineralogist. 32: 865–871. Retrieved 30 December 2020.

[Mindat_Synchysite_Group-3] "Synchysite Group". Retrieved 24 February 2013.

[Mindat_Synchysite-(Ce)-4] "Synchysite-(Ce)". Retrieved 24 February 2013.

[Mindat_Huanghoite-(Ce)-5] "Huanghoite-(Ce)". Retrieved 24 February 2013.

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