Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
Alkali-rich pegmatites.
- Type locality
- Yukspor Mountain
- Murmansk Oblast
- Russia
67.6731°, 33.8122°
1recorded occurrences
Physical
Optical
- Pleochroism
- Strong
Pale yellow to yellow-orange (polarized light).
- UV response
- none
Crystallography
- Cell parameters
- a = 10.710(2) Å · c = 60.80(2) Å
- Z
- 6
- Type-locality form
Radiating (fan-shaped) aggregates, up to 3 mm, of subhedral tabular crystals to 2 mm; the crystals may be platy on (001).
- Comment
unit cell parameters similar to those of ilímaussite-(Ce)
Synonyms
- Diversiliet-(Ce)
- IMA2002-043
In other languages
- German
- Diversilit-(Ce) · IMA 2002-043
- Italian
- Diversilite- · Diversilite-(Ce)
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.9.CB.10
- 9SilicatesClass
- 9.CCyclosilicatesDivision
- 9.CB[Si3O9]6- 3-membered single rings, with insular complex anionsGroup
- 9.CB.10Diversilite-(Ce)Species
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2003Khomyakov, A.P., Nechelyustov, G.N., Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Ma, Z. (2003) Diversilite-(Ce), Na2(Ba,K)6Ce2Fe2+Ti3[Si3O9]3[SiO3OH]3(OH,H2O)9, a new silicate with heterogeneous tetrahedral complexes from the Khibina alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. Zapiski Vserossijskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 132(5), 34-39.
- 2004Weiß, Stefan (2004) Neue Mineralien [New Minerals]. Lapis, 29 (2). 41-42
- 2004Mandarino, Joseph A. (2004) New minerals. The Canadian Mineralogist, 42 (3) 921-945 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.42.3.921 DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.3.921
- 2005Jambor, John L., Roberts, Andrew C. (2005) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 90 (1) 271-275 doi:10.2138/am.2005.429DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.429
- 2005Krivovichev, S.V., Y.N. Yakovenchuk (2005) Crystal structure of diversilite-(Ce): Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 134(1): 113-117.
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Diversilite-(Ce) — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/diversilite-ce-11518},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}