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    Sazhinite-(Ce)
    Szi-Ce
    Na3CeSi6O15(H2O)2
    Na3Ce3+Si6O15(H2O)2
    Na Ce3+ Si O H
    Es´kova E M, Semenov E I, Khomyakov A P, Kazakova M E, Shumyatskaya N G (1974) Sazhinite, a new silicate of sodium and rare earths. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 103, 338-341  [view file]
    Name changed from sazhinite:
    Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature. American Mineralogist 72, 1031-1042  [view file]
    Chemical formula changed from Na3CeSi6O14(OH)2·6H2O to Na3CeSi6O15·2H2O:
    Cámara F, Ottolini L, Devouard B, Garvie L A J, Hawthorne F C (2006) Sazhinite-(La), Na3LaSi6O15(H2O)2, a new mineral from the Aris phonolite, Namibia: Description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine 70, 405-418  [view file]
    Chemical formula changed from Na3CeSi6O15·2H2O to Na3CeSi6O15(H2O)2:
    Pasero M (2025) The New IMA List of Minerals - A Work in Progress - Updated: November 2025. International Mineralogical Association 2025-11  [view file]
    Es´kova E M, Semenov E I, Khomyakov A P, Kazakova M E, Shumyatskaya N G (1974) Sazhinite, a new silicate of sodium and rare earths. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 103, 338-341  [view file]
    Ottolini L, Cámara F, Devouard B (2004) New SIMS procedures for the characterization of a complex silicate matrix, Na3(REE,Th,Ca,U)Si6O15·2.5H2O (Sazhinite), and comparison with EMPA and SREF results. Microchimica Acta 145, 139-146 ; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-003-0143-9  [view file]
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    Cámara F, Ottolini L, Devouard B, Garvie L A J, Hawthorne F C (2006) Sazhinite-(La), Na3LaSi6O15(H2O)2, a new mineral from the Aris phonolite, Namibia: Description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine 70, 405-418  [view file]
    Es´kova E M, Semenov E I, Khomyakov A P, Kazakova M E, Shumyatskaya N G (1974) Sazhinite, a new silicate of sodium and rare earths. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva 103, 338-341  [view file]
    Fleischer M, Potter R W (1975) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 60, 161-163  [view file]
    Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature. American Mineralogist 72, 1031-1042  [view file]
    Ottolini L, Cámara F, Devouard B (2004) New SIMS procedures for the characterization of a complex silicate matrix, Na3(REE,Th,Ca,U)Si6O15·2.5H2O (Sazhinite), and comparison with EMPA and SREF results. Microchimica Acta 145, 139-146 ; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00604-003-0143-9  [view file]
    Pasero M (2025) The New IMA List of Minerals - A Work in Progress - Updated: November 2025. International Mineralogical Association 2025-11  [view file]
    Shumyatskaya N G, Voronkov A A, Pyatenko Y A (1980) Sazhinite, Na2Ce[Si6O14(OH)]·nH2O: a new representative of the dalyite family in crystal chemistry. Soviet Physics - Crystallography 25, 419-423  [view file]