Rinkite-(Ce)

Rinkite-(Ce)

Takhtarvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Rinkite-(Ce)

Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Rinkite-(Ce)

Sanidinite occurrence, Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

Rinkite-(Ce)

Takhtarvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Rinkite-(Ce)

Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Rinkite-(Ce)

Sanidinite occurrence, Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain

Rinkite-(Ce)

Takhtarvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Rinkite-(Ce)

Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

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Henrik J. Rink

Formula:

(Ca₃Ce)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂

Colour:

Yellowish-brown, yellow; brown

Lustre:

Vitreous

Hardness:

5

Specific Gravity:

3.18 - 3.44

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Member of:

Rinkite Group > Seidozerite Supergroup

Name:

Named as rinkite by Lorenzen (1884) for a mineral found in material collected by K.J.V. Steenstrup in the years 1874, 1876 and 1877 at Kangerdluarssuk area, Ilímaussaq complex, Greenland. The exact locality is not known. The name is in honor of Henrik Johannes Rink (26 August 1819 Copenhagen, Denmark - 15 December 1893 Christiania, Norway), at the time Director of the Royal Greenland Board of Trade.
Name was changed by IMA in 2016 from rinkite to rinkite-(Ce) (IMA 16-A). See Sokolova and Cámara 2017.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland

See also Mosandrite-(Ce).

The crystal structure of rinkite was established by Galli and Alberti (1971). Some authors (Fleischer 1958, 1987; Sokolova & Cámara, 2008, etc.) have argued that rinkite is identical with mosandrite. However, reinvestigation of mosandrite by Bellezza et al. (2009) showed that mosandrite differs from rinkite in chemical composition, with low Ca, Na and F contents and a high amount of H₂O.

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Type:

Biaxial (+)

RI values:

n_α = 1.665 n_β = 1.668 n_γ = 1.681

2V:

Measured: 43° , Calculated: 52°

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.016

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

Moderate

Dispersion:

strong

Optical Extinction:

X ∧ c = 3°.

Comments:

Absorption: Z > Y > X.

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Radiation - Copper Kα

Data Set: Kipawa alkaline complex, near Sheffield Lake, Villedieu Township, Temiscamingue Co., Quebec, Canada 1196

Data courtesy of RRUFF project at University of Arizona, used with permission.

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
3.071 Å	(100)
2.702 Å	(70)
2.945 Å	(40)
2.798 Å	(40)
1.853 Å	(30)
3.581 Å	(25)
2.024 Å	(25)

Comments:

Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland.

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This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Brazil
Minas Gerais Poços de Caldas ⓘ Bortolan quarry	Azzi (2017)
ⓘ Morro do Serrote	Horstpeter H. G. J. Ulbrich (1984)
ⓘ Pedra Balão outcrops	Nomura et al. (2010)
ⓘ Poços de Caldas alkaline complex	Ulbrich (1993) +3 other references
Rio de Janeiro Itatiaia ⓘ Itatiaia alkaline complex	elluso et al. (2016) +2 other references
Canada
British Columbia Revelstoke Mining Division ⓘ Mount Copeland	Peatfield (n.d.)
Newfoundland and Labrador Labrador ⓘ Flowers River complex ?	Ducharme (2020)
ⓘ Red Wine Alkaline Complex	Curtis et al. (1977)
Québec Abitibi-Témiscamingue Témiscamingue RCM Les Lacs-du-Témiscamingue ⓘ Kipawa alkaline complex	RRUFF ID: R050229
Montérégie La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM Mont Saint-Hilaire ⓘ Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH)	Bellezza et al. (2009) +2 other references
Lajemmerais RCM Varennes & St-Amable ⓘ Saint-Amable sill	Horváth et al. (1998)
ⓘ Demix-Varennes quarry	Horváth et al. (1998)
China
Liaoning Dandong Kuandian County ⓘ Saima complex	- (1978) +5 other references
ⓘ Saima town	Shen et al. (2017)
ⓘ Saima U-REE deposit	- (1978)
Greenland
Kujalleq Igaliku Complex ⓘ Motzfeldt Centre	Mineralogist. 70 +2 other references
ⓘ North Qôroq Centre	Coulson (1997)
ⓘ Ilímaussaq complex	Petersen (2001)
ⓘ Kangerluarsuk Fjord (TL)	Lorenzen (1884) +2 other references
ⓘ Kringlerne	Petersen (2001)
ⓘ Leucophanite occurrence	Collected specimens
ⓘ Qeqertaussaq Island	Torben Kjeldgård photo
ⓘ East Coast Pegmatite	Soerensen (1962)
ⓘ South Coast Pegmatite	Soerensen (1962)
Tunulliarfik Fjord ⓘ Naujakasik (Naajakasik)	Boeggild (1953)
ⓘ Tugtup Agtakôrfia	Petersen et al. (1994)
ⓘ Tuperssuatsiat Bay	Otter (2016)
ⓘ Hiortdahlite-bearing pegmatite	Roda Robles et al. (2001)
Sermersooq Werner Bjerge Complex ⓘ Mount Hvide Ryg north slope	Christiansen et al. (2003)
Guinea
Conakry Region ⓘ Los Archipelago (Los Islands)	Gerasimovskii et al. (Guinea) +15 other references
ⓘ Rouma Island
Hungary
Baranya County Pécs District Hosszúhetény ⓘ Köves Hill	collector: Csaba Papp
ⓘ Phonolite quarry	www.geomania.hu
India
West Bengal Purulia District ⓘ Sushina Hill	Chakrabarty et al. (2011) +3 other references
Italy
Campania Naples ⓘ Ischia Island	Melluso et al. (2014)
Madagascar
Diana Ambanja Anorotsangana ⓘ Bezavona Massif	Lacroix (1922) +1 other reference
Nosy Be ⓘ Nosy Komba	Lacroix (1922) +2 other references
Morocco
Drâa-Tafilalet Region Midelt Province Midelt Cercle Aït Oufella Caïdat Amersid ⓘ Jebel Bou-Agrao	Economic Geology May 2000 v. 95 no. 3 ... +2 other references
ⓘ Tamazert Complex	Jeremine et al. (1947) +9 other references
Namibia
Khomas Region Windhoek Rural Aris ⓘ Aris Quarries	Yakovenchuk et al. (2011)
Norway
Telemark Porsgrunn Auenlandet Sagåsen ⓘ Saga 1 Quarry	Larsen et al. (2010)
Vestfold Larvik Arøyskjærene (Arøy skerries) ⓘ Arøyskjærene North	Larsen et al. (2010)
ⓘ Fredriksen's prospect	Larsen et al. (2010)
Barkevik area ⓘ Barkevikskjær	Bellazza et al. (2009)
ⓘ Skutesundskjær	Brøgger (1890, January) +1 other reference
Store Arøya (Arøy) ⓘ Unnamed pegmatite	Larsen et al. (2010)
Russia
Krasnoyarsk Krai Maimecha and Kotui Rivers Basin ⓘ Odikhincha massif	Gritsenko et al. (2020)
ⓘ Peralkaline nepheline-syenite pegmatite	Zaitsev et al. (2022)
Murmansk Oblast Khibiny Massif ⓘ Eveslogchorr Mt	Yakovenchuk et al. (2008)
Astrophyllite Stream ⓘ Pegmatite	Arzamastsev et al. (2008)
ⓘ Wadeite point	Arzamastsev et al. (2008)
Kihlman Mountain ⓘ Khibiny Station	Tony Nikischer and Luis Menezes
ⓘ Kitchepakhk Mountain	Konopleva et al. (2008) +1 other reference
Koashva Mt ⓘ IGC Stop 2-2	Arzamastsev et al. (2008)
ⓘ Koashva Open Pit	33 IGC excursion No 47 +1 other reference
Kukisvumchorr Mt ⓘ Kirovskii apatite mine	Pekov (2003)
ⓘ Hilairitovoye pegmatite	Pekov (2003) +1 other reference
ⓘ Vein No. 46	American Mineralogist
ⓘ Poachvumchorr Mountain	Konopleva et al. (2008)
ⓘ Takhtarvumchorr Mt	Pavel.M. Kartashov (n.d.) +1 other reference
ⓘ IGC Stop 6-3	Arzamastsev et al. (2008)
ⓘ Vantomnyutsk Mountain	Konopleva et al. (2008)
ⓘ Yudychvumchorr Mountain	Konopleva et al. (2008)
ⓘ Yukspor Mt	Pekov (1998)
ⓘ Yum'echorr Mt (Yumjechorr)	Konopleva et al. (2008)
ⓘ Lovozero Massif	...
ⓘ Mt. Kuetnyuchorr	Mokrushina et al. (2023)
Lovozersky District ⓘ Karnasurt Mountain	Pakhomovsky et al. (2014)
Tuva ⓘ Dugdu Alkaline Massif	Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data
Sangilen Upland Balygtyg-Khem River ⓘ Pichikhol' alkaline massif	Pekov (1998)
South Africa
North West Bojanala Platinum District Municipality Moses Kotane Local Municipality ⓘ Pilanesberg Alkaline Ring Complex	Cairncross & Dixon (1995)
ⓘ Pilanesberg Mountain	Cairncross et al. (1995)
Spain
Canary Islands Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province Tenerife ⓘ Alcala	Dill et al. (2023)
ⓘ Mount Reventada	Dill et al. (2023)
ⓘ Playa de San Juan	Dill et al. (2023)
ⓘ Sanidinite occurrence	in the collection of Christof Schäfer
Sweden
Jönköping County Jönköping Gränna ⓘ Norra Kärr	Gunnar Färber - Mineralienliste 1-2018
Tajikistan
Districts of Republican Subordination ⓘ Dara-i-Pioz Massif	Semenov et al. (1975) +1 other reference
UK
England Cornwall ⓘ Wolf Rock	doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800045581 +2 other references
USA
Arkansas ⓘ Garland County	Howard (2007)
Pulaski County Little Rock ⓘ Granite Mountain area
Montana Meagher County ⓘ Gordon Butte	Chakhmouradian et al. (2002)