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Gatelite Group

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Gatelite-(Ce)

Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France

Gatelite-(Ce), etc.

Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France

Gatelite-(Ce), etc.

Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France

Gatelite-(Ce)

Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France

Gatelite-(Ce), etc.

Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France

Gatelite-(Ce), etc.

Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France

Gatelite-(Ce)

Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France

Gatelite-(Ce), etc.

Trimouns Talc Mine, Luzenac, Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France

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About Gatelite GroupHide

Member of:

Gatelite Supergroup

This page provides mineralogical data about Gatelite Group.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

51984

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:51984:1

Chemical AnalysisHide

Empirical formulas:

Sample ID	Empirical Formula
1	(Ca_1.00Mn_0.03Na_0.08La_0.51Ce_1.30Pr_0.16Nd_0.62Sm_0.10Gd_0.06Dy_0.03 Er_0.01Y_0.06Th_0.01)_Σ3.97 (Al_3.21Fe²⁺_0.79)_Σ4.00Si_5.01O₂₀(OH)₂
2	(Ca_0.92La_1.23Ce_1.50Pr_0.10Nd_0.27Sm_0.02Y_0.01)Σ=4.05(Al_1.85Fe²⁺_0.46Fe³⁺_1.13Mg_0.57Ti_0.01)Σ=4.02(Si_4.92P_0.01)Σ=4.93O(OH_1.87F_0.12Cl_0.01)

Sample references:

ID	Type	Locality	Reference	Notes
1	Type Specimen	Hundholmen, Narvik, Nordland, Norway	Bonazzi, P., Lepore, G. O., Bindi, L., Chopin, C., Husdal, T. A., Medenbach, O. (2014) Perbøeite-(Ce) and alnaperbøeite-(Ce), two new members of the epidote-tornebohmite polysomatic series: Chemistry, structure, dehydrogenation, and clue for a sodian epidote end-member. American Mineralogist, 99 (1) 157-169 doi:10.2138/am.2014.4593
2	Type Specimen	Nya Bastnäs deposit, Bastnäs Mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland County, Sweden	Bindi, L., Holstam, D., Fantappi	Electron microprobe analyses

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0002975	Gatelite-(Ce)	Bonazzi P, Bindi L, Parodi G C (2003) Gatelite-(Ce), a new REE-bearing mineral from Trimouns, French Pyrenees: Crystal structure and polysomatic relationships with epidote and tornebohmite-(Ce) American Mineralogist 88 223-228		2003		0	293

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 Gatelite-(Ce), a new REE-bearing mineral from Trimouns, French Pyrenees:
 Crystal structure and polysomatic relationships with epidote and
 tornebohmite-(Ce)
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CaA1   0.36462   0.25491   0.41008   1.00000   0.01080
CeA2   0.44606   0.23572   0.25014   0.98000   0.00750
CaA2   0.44606   0.23572   0.25014   0.02000   0.00750
CeA3   0.36921   0.28197   0.00984   0.96000   0.00970
CaA3   0.36921   0.28197   0.00984   0.04000   0.00970
CeA4   0.03878   0.74136   0.16607   0.95000   0.00780
CaA4   0.03878   0.74136   0.16607   0.05000   0.00780
AlM1   0.24970   0.49720   0.50050   0.80000   0.01020
MgM1   0.24970   0.49720   0.50050   0.20000   0.01020
AlM2a   0.24000   0.49930   0.20300   1.00000   0.00580
AlM2b   0.24020   0.00030   0.20640   1.00000   0.00570
FeM3   0.09870   0.75000   0.37690   0.35000   0.01080
MgM3   0.09870   0.75000   0.37690   0.34000   0.01080
AlM3   0.09870   0.75000   0.37690   0.31000   0.01080
Si1   0.08070   0.24790   0.47650   1.00000   0.00640
Si2   0.40230   0.74960   0.33500   1.00000   0.00530
Si3   0.15210   0.24670   0.31270   1.00000   0.00550
Si4   0.33500   0.73810   0.10310   1.00000   0.00570
Si5   0.07710   0.25050   0.07720   1.00000   0.00590
O1a   0.13220   0.49030   0.48070   1.00000   0.01010
O1b   0.36780   0.50520   0.52110   1.00000   0.01210
O2a   0.08990   0.47330   0.29040   1.00000   0.01120
O2b   0.08970   0.02150   0.28930   1.00000   0.01040
O3a   0.34500   0.98760   0.29930   1.00000   0.00960
O3b   0.34720   0.51180   0.29540   1.00000   0.00780
O4   0.22240   0.74710   0.42420   1.00000   0.00870
O5   0.22580   0.24610   0.41260   1.00000   0.00940
O6   0.20830   0.25300   0.25870   1.00000   0.00720
O7  -0.01010   0.24969   0.39760   1.00000   0.01730
O8  -0.02240   0.73239   0.31000   1.00000   0.01510
O9   0.43490   0.74000   0.43800   1.00000   0.01470
O10   0.27890   0.24830   0.16140   1.00000   0.00720
O11   0.20190   0.74750   0.24900   1.00000   0.00890
O12   0.26920   0.75440   0.14710   1.00000   0.00750
O13   0.13470   0.49280   0.10580   1.00000   0.00890
O14   0.39170   0.97580   0.12460   1.00000   0.00890
O15   0.27580   0.67110   0.00460   1.00000   0.01150
O16   0.13350   0.01080   0.11450   1.00000   0.00910
O17   0.03230   0.21780  -0.02430   1.00000   0.02340
O18   0.40320   0.52300   0.14110   1.00000   0.00930
O19   0.01050   0.27530   0.11570   1.00000   0.01650
H1   0.21000   0.75000   0.31000   1.00000   0.06000
H2   0.25000   0.28000   0.10000   1.00000   0.04000
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CaA1 0.01310 0.01030 0.00950 -0.00220 0.00560 0.00220
CeA2 0.00710 0.00820 0.00600 0.00030 0.00190 0.00010
CaA2 0.00710 0.00820 0.00600 0.00030 0.00190 0.00010
CeA3 0.01180 0.00930 0.00570 0.00100 0.00180 0.00040
CaA3 0.01180 0.00930 0.00570 0.00100 0.00180 0.00040
CeA4 0.00680 0.00890 0.00620 0.00030 0.00170 0.00030
CaA4 0.00680 0.00890 0.00620 0.00030 0.00170 0.00030
AlM1 0.00880 0.01060 0.01030 0.00140 0.00340 0.00160
MgM1 0.00880 0.01060 0.01030 0.00140 0.00340 0.00160
AlM2a 0.00520 0.00500 0.00670 0.00060 0.00230 0.00090
AlM2b 0.00530 0.00490 0.00690 0.00050 0.00280 -0.00050
FeM3 0.00770 0.01090 0.01480 0.00340 0.00580 0.00450
MgM3 0.00770 0.01090 0.01480 0.00340 0.00580 0.00450
AlM3 0.00770 0.01090 0.01480 0.00340 0.00580 0.00450
Si1 0.00520 0.00640 0.00610 0.00030 0.00100 -0.00060
Si2 0.00560 0.00460 0.00580 0.00040 0.00250 -0.00070
Si3 0.00420 0.00690 0.00510 0.00040 0.00180 0.00010
Si4 0.00560 0.00490 0.00640 0.00050 0.00240 0.00010
Si5 0.00610 0.00510 0.00490 -0.00040 0.00090 0.00040
O1a 0.01000 0.00700 0.01400 -0.00300 0.00500 -0.00200
O1b 0.00900 0.00600 0.02200 -0.00100 0.00800 -0.00100
O2a 0.01300 0.01200 0.01100 0.00400 0.00700 0.00100
O2b 0.00900 0.01300 0.01200 -0.00300 0.00700 -0.00300
O3a 0.00700 0.00600 0.01000 -0.00200 -0.00100 0.00100
O3b 0.00500 0.00900 0.00900 -0.00400 0.00300 -0.00100
O4 0.00900 0.00800 0.00900 -0.00200 0.00300 -0.00100
O5 0.00800 0.01100 0.00900 0.00200 0.00300 0.00100
O6 0.00600 0.00700 0.01100 0.00100 0.00600 0.00200
O7 0.00600 0.01300 0.01900 -0.00600 -0.00700 0.01000
O8 0.01100 0.02000 0.01800 0.00200 0.01000 0.00200
O9 0.01300 0.02700 0.00800 -0.00100 0.00800 0.00300
O10 0.00800 0.00500 0.00900 -0.00100 0.00400 0.00200
O11 0.00900 0.01000 0.00800 0.00000 0.00400 -0.00100
O12 0.00600 0.00900 0.00800 0.00100 0.00300 -0.00100
O13 0.00900 0.00800 0.00700 -0.00100 0.00100 0.00100
O14 0.00700 0.00900 0.01100 -0.00200 0.00500 -0.00100
O15 0.01200 0.01400 0.00600 -0.00300 0.00200 -0.00100
O16 0.00700 0.00600 0.01100 0.00100 0.00100 0.00100
O17 0.03400 0.02100 0.00600 -0.01400 0.00100 -0.00100
O18 0.01200 0.00600 0.00900 0.00200 0.00400 0.00200
O19 0.01200 0.01900 0.02300 -0.00200 0.01200 -0.00500

Relationship of Gatelite Group to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Gatelite Supergroup

Other Members of Gatelite Supergroup:

Alnaperbøeite Group
Västmanlandite Group

Gatelite Group Members:

Ferriperbøeite-(Ce)	CaCe₃(Fe³⁺Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]₃O(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
Ferriperbøeite-(La)	CaLa₃(Fe³⁺Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]₃O(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
Gatelite-(Ce)	CaCe₃(AlAl₂Mg)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]₃O(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
Perbøeite-(Ce)	CaCe₃(AlAl₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]₃O(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
Perbøeite-(La)	CaLa₃(AlAl₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]₃O(OH)₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/m
Unnamed (Fe3+-analogue of Gatelite-(Ce))	CaCe₃(Fe³⁺Al₂Mg)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]₃O(OH)₂

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China
Henan Nanyang Xixia County ⓘ Taiping town deposit (Taipingzhen deposit)	[Gatelite-(Ce)] Qu et al. (2019) +1 other reference

Czech Republic
Central Bohemian Region Rakovník District Čistá ⓘ Čistá-Jesenice Pluton (Čistá Pluton)	[Perbøeite-(Ce)] Tvrdý et al. (2021)

France
Occitanie Ariège Foix Luzenac ⓘ Trimouns Talc Mine	[Gatelite-(Ce)] Bonazzi et al. (2003)

Norway
Nordland Hamarøy Drag Eivollen ⓘ Nedre Eivollen	[Perbøeite-(Ce)] Williams et al. (2011) +1 other reference
Narvik ⓘ Hundholmen	[Perbøeite-(Ce)] Williams et al. (2011) +1 other reference
ⓘ Stetind pegmatite	[Perbøeite-(Ce)] Williams et al. (2011) +2 other references

Russia
Chelyabinsk Oblast Kyshtym ⓘ Mochalin Log	[Gatelite-(Ce)] Kasatkin et al. (2020)
Irkutsk Oblast Vitim Plateau Biraya and Bya Rivers confluence area (Chara Basin) Biraya Fe-REE ore occurrence ⓘ Ust'-Biraya	[Ferriperbøeite-(Ce)] Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data 2002

Sweden
Örebro County Nora Rödberg Mines ⓘ Jakob Elas copper mine	[Perbøeite-(Ce)] Andersson et al. (2024)
ⓘ Rödbergsgruvan	[Ferriperbøeite-(Ce)] Andersson et al. (2024)
Västmanland County Norberg ⓘ Malmkärra Mine	[Gatelite-(Ce)] Steffen Möckel probed (EDX 29/08/2005)
ⓘ Old Morberg ore field	[Gatelite-(Ce)] Andersson et al. (2024)
Skinnskatteberg Riddarhyttan ⓘ Bastnäs Mines	[Ferriperbøeite-(Ce)] Hålenius et al. (2017)
ⓘ Nya Bastnäs deposit	[Ferriperbøeite-(Ce)] Bindi et al. (2018) +1 other reference
ⓘ Källfall Mine	[Perbøeite-(Ce)] Andersson et al. (2024)
ⓘ Stålklockan mine	[Gatelite-(Ce)] Andersson et al. (2024)
ⓘ Storgruvan	[Perbøeite-(Ce)] Andersson et al. (2024)

USA
Colorado Boulder County Jamestown Mining District Jamestown ⓘ "Cerite" occurrences ("Rusty Gold" locality)	[Perbøeite-(Ce)] Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data (2014)
Montana Ravalli County Mineral Point Mining District ⓘ Sheep Creek	[Ferriperbøeite-(Ce)] Gammons et al. (2024)

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