Mineral - Allanite-(Ce)

Name and first discovery : Named after the Scottish mineralogist Thomas Allan (1777-1833), who examined the first allanite sample, which was found in Greenland in 1812 by the German mineralogist Carl Ludwig Giesecke (1761-1833).

Chemistry :

Synonyms : Bucklandite, Cerepidote, Cerorthite, Orthite

Varieties : Bagrationite, Chromium Allanite (Ce) , Beryllium Allanite (Ce), Gallium Allanite (Ce)

Abbreviation : Aln-Ce

literature

Dana, J. D., & Dana, E. S. (1892). The system of mineralogy of James Dwight Dana, 1837-1868: descriptive mineralogy . J. Wiley & sons.