Mineral - Bastnäsite-(Ce)

Name and first discovery: Named after the type locality, the Bastnäs Mines in Sweden. First described in 1841.

Chemism:

Synonyms: Buszite, kishtimite, hydrofluocerite, hamartite, hydrocerite, cercarbonate, basic fluorocerium

Varieties: 

Abbreviation: Bsn-Ce

Literature

Palache, C., Berman, H., & Frondel, C. (1952). Dana's system of mineralogy. GeologiskaFöreningen i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 74(2), 218-219.