Where it forms, where it's found
- Type locality
- Bastnäs Mines
- Riddarhyttan
- Skinnskatteberg
- Västmanland County
- Sweden
59.8468°, 15.5896°
5recorded occurrences
Physical
Optical
- Optical type
- Uniaxial (+)
- UV response
- none
Crystallography
- Space group
- #132
- Cell parameters
- a = 6.7805(8) Å · c = 24.689(4) Å
- Z
- 8
- Type-locality form
Anhedral grains to 0,5mm across in Association With cerite-(Ce) and smaller amount of bastnäsite-(Ce)
Crystal structure
Chemical composition
Synonyms
- IMA2002-023
- Percleveiet-(Ce)
In other languages
- German
- IMA 2002-023 · Percleveit-(Ce)
- Italian
- Percleveite- · Percleveite-(Ce)
Classification
Strunz
10th ed.9.BC.35
- 9SilicatesClass
- 9.BSorosilicatesDivision
- 9.BCSi2O7 groups, without non-tetrahedral anions; cations in octahedral [6] and greater coordinationGroup
- 9.BC.35Percleveite-(Ce)Species
Literature, links & citation
Citations
- 2003Holtstam, Dan, Norrestam, Rolf, Andersson, Ulf B. (2003) Percleveite-(Ce) - a new lanthanide disilicate mineral from Bastnäs, Skinnskatteberg, Sweden. European Journal of Mineralogy, 15 (4) 725-731 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2003/0015-0725 DOI: 10.1127/0935-1221/2003/0015-0725
Cite this entry
@misc{mineral2026,
author = {Mineral Index editorial board},
title = {Percleveite-(Ce) — Mineral Index},
year = {2026},
url = {https://mineralindex.org/minerals/percleveite-ce-11464},
note = {Accessed 2026-05-11}
}