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    Bastnäsite-(Ce)
    Bsn-Ce
    Ce(CO3)F
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    Huot J J N (1841) Genre. Lanthane. 2 Espèce, Bastnaesite. in Manuels-Roret. Nouveau Manuel Complet de Minéralogie, Première Partie, (Paris) 296-296  [view file]
    Name changed from bastnasite:
    Levinson A A (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals. American Mineralogist 51, 152-158  [view file]
    Huot J J N (1841) Genre. Lanthane. 2 Espèce, Bastnaesite. in Manuels-Roret. Nouveau Manuel Complet de Minéralogie, Première Partie, (Paris) 296-296  [view file]
    Ni Y, Hughes J M, Mariano A N, (1993) The atomic arrangement of bastnasite-(Ce), Ce(CO3)F, and structural elements of synchysite-(Ce), röntgenite-(Ce), and parisite-(Ce). American Mineralogist 78, 415-418  [view file]
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    Borst A M, Finch A A, Friis H, Horsburgh N J, Gamaletsos P N, Goettlicher J, Steininger R, Geraki K (2020) Structural state of rare earth elements in eudialyte-group minerals. Mineralogical Magazine 84, 19-34  [view file]
    Capitani G (2019) HRTEM investigation of bastnäsite-parisite intergrowths from Mount Malosa (Malawi): Ordered sequences, polysomatic faults, polytypic disorder, and a new parisite-(Ce) polymorph. European Journal of Mineralogy 31, 429-442  [view file]
    Černý P, Černá I (1972) Bastnaesite after allanite from Rough Rock Lake, Ontario. The Canadian Mineralogist 11, 541-543  [view file]
    Conconi R, Fumagalli P, Capitani G (2023) A multi-methodological study of the bastnäsite-synchysite polysomatic series: Tips and tricks of polysome identification and the origin of syntactic intergrowths. American Mineralogist 108, 1658-1668  [view file]
    Donnay G, Donnay J D H (1953) The crystallography of bastnaesite, parisite, roentgenite, and synchisite. American Mineralogist 38, 932-963  [view file]
    Fleischer M (1954) New mineral names. American Mineralogist 39, 402-408  [view file]
    Frost R L, Dickfos M J (2007) Raman spectroscopy of halogen-containing carbonates. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 38, 1516-1522
    Geijer P (1921) The cerium minerals of Bastnäs at Riddarhyttan. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning 14, 1-24  [view file]
    Giebel R J, Gauert C D K, Marks M A W, Costin G, Markl G (2017) Multi-stage formation of REE minerals in the Palabora Carbonatite Complex, South Africa. American Mineralogist 102, 1218-1233  [view file]
    Glass J J, Smalley R G (1945) Bastnäsite. American Mineralogist 30, 601-615  [view file]
    Guastoni A, Nestola F, Giaretta A (2009) Mineral chemistry and alteration of rare earth element (REE) carbonates from alkaline pegmatites of Mount Malosa, Malawi. American Mineralogist 94, 1216-1222  [view file]
    Haxel G B, Hedrick J B, Orris G J (2002) Rare Earth Elements - critical resources for high technology. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 087-02, 1-4  [view file]
    He X, Zhou Y, Xue X, Yang H, Liu J, Cheng G (2026) Hydrothermal synthesis and thermal decomposition characteristics of bastnaesite with varied rare-earth compositions. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 1071, 188735
    Holtstam D, Andersson U B (2007) The REE minerals of the Bastnäs-type deposits, south-central Sweden. The Canadian Mineralogist 45, 1073-1114  [view file]
    Huot J J N (1841) Genre. Lanthane. 2 Espèce, Bastnaesite. in Manuels-Roret. Nouveau Manuel Complet de Minéralogie, Première Partie, (Paris) 296-296  [view file]
    Levinson A A (1966) A system of nomenclature for rare-earth minerals. American Mineralogist 51, 152-158  [view file]
    Ni Y, Hughes J M, Mariano A N, (1993) The atomic arrangement of bastnasite-(Ce), Ce(CO3)F, and structural elements of synchysite-(Ce), röntgenite-(Ce), and parisite-(Ce). American Mineralogist 78, 415-418  [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]
    Oftedal I (1930) Uber die Kristallstruktur von Bastnäsit. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 72, 239-248  [view file]
    Oftedal I (1931) Zur Kristallstruktur von Bastnäsit (Ce,La--)FCO3. Zeitschrift für Kristallographie 78, 462-469  [view file]
    Shivaramaiah R, Anderko A, Riman R E, Navrotsky A (2016) Thermodynamics of bastnaesite: A major rare earth ore mineral. American Mineralogist 101, 1129-1134  [view file]
    Turner D J, Rivard B, Groat L A (2014) Visible and short-wave infrared reflectance spectroscopy of REE fluorocarbonates. American Mineralogist 99, 1335-1346  [view file]
    Vennari C E, Williams Q (2019) High-pressure Raman and Nd3+ luminescence spectroscopy of bastnäsite-(REE)CO3F. American Mineralogist 104, 1389-1401  [view file]
    Zhong Q, Xu J, Zhao W, Zhang D, Zhang S, Wang K, Fu B, Zhou W, Fan D (2026) From hydroxylbastnäsite to bastnäsite: A crystal chemistry perspective of the incomplete solid solution. American Mineralogist 111, 961-974 ; https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2025-9859  [view file]