Crossword-Solution: ALLANITE
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| Allanite | n. | A silicate containing a large amount of cerium. It is usually black in color, opaque, and is related to epidote in form and composition. |
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| rare black or brown mineral | 1 answer |
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Etym: [Named dy Berzelius in 1803 from the asteroid Ceres, then just discovered (1801).] (Chem.) Defn: A rare metallic element, occurring in the minerals cerite, allanite, monazite, etc.
Note: The Epidote group includes ordinary epidote, zoisite or lime epidote, piedmontite or manganese epidote, allanite or serium epidote.
Belonging to the same isomorphous group with epidote are the species piedmontite and allanite, which may be described as manganese and cerium epidotes respectively.
Allanite has the same general formula R2"(R'"OH)R2'"(SiO4)3, where R" represents calcium and ferrous iron, and R'" aluminium, ferric iron and metals of the cerium group.
Allanite is a mineral readily altered by hydration, becoming optically isotropic and amorphous: for this reason several varieties have been distinguished, and many different names applied.