Where it forms, where it's found
- Geological setting
occurs with Ce-silicate and Ti-sulfide in melt pockets between corundum and spinel
- Type locality
- Mizra River
- Emek Izrael Regional Council
- Jezreel Subdistrict
- Northern District
- Israel
32.6509°, 35.2880°
1recorded occurrences
Physical
- Transparency
- Transparent
- Colour
- light bluish-green
- Density
- 4.16 g/cm³
Optical
- Notes
The Gladstone–Dale relationship gives n = 1.828.
Crystallography
- Space group
- P63/mmc
- Cell parameters
- a = 5.61(1) Å · c = 22.29(1) Å
- Z
- 2
- Type-locality form
The mineral occurs as euhedral crystals < 1–14 μm in size.
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA2022-027
- Mizraiet-(Ce)
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2022-027 · Mizrait-(Ce)
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.4.CC.45
- 4OxidesClass
- 4.CMetal: Oxygen = 2: 3,3: 5, and similarDivision
- 4.CCWith large and medium-sized cationsGroup
- 4.CC.45Mizraite-(Ce)Species
Group, growth & confusion
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2022Miyawaki, Ritsuro, Hatert, Frédéric, Pasero, Marco, Mills, Stuart J. (2022) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) – Newsletter 68. European Journal of Mineralogy, 34 (5) 385-391 doi:10.5194/ejm-34-385-2022 DOI: 10.5194/ejm-34-385-2022
- 2023Ma, Chi, Cámara, Fernando, Bindi, Luca, Toledo, Vered, Griffin, William L. (2023) New Minerals from Inclusions in Corundum Xenocrysts from Mt. Carmel, Israel: Magnéliite, Ziroite, Sassite, Mizraite-(Ce) and Yeite. Materials, 16 (24). 7578 doi:10.3390/ma16247578DOI: 10.3390/ma16247578
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Mizraite-(Ce) — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/mizraite-ce-56110},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}