Wakefieldite-(Ce)
{{Short description|Rare-earth mineral series}}
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| name = Wakefieldite-(Ce)
| category = Rare-earth mineral
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| formula = ({{chem2|CeVO4}})
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| strunz = 8.AD.35
| dana = 38.4.11.4
| system = Tetragonal
| class = Ditetragonal dipyramidal (4/mmm)
H-M symbol: (4/m 2/m 2/m)
| symmetry = I41/amd
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| color = Dark red to coal-black, pale yellow to bluish gray
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| gravity = 4.74 (meas. Wakefieldite-(Ce))
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Wakefieldite-(Ce) ({{chem2|CeVO4}}) is the cerium analogue of the uncommon rare-earth element vanadate mineral Wakefieldite. It is a member of the xenotime group.
Wakefieldite-(Ce) was first described in 1977.{{Cite journal |last1=Deliens |first1=Michel |last2=Piret |first2=Paul |date=1997 |title=La kusuïte, (Ce3+, Pb2+, Pb4+) VO4, nouveau minéral |journal=Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie |language=fr |volume=100 |pages=39–41|doi=10.3406/bulmi.1977.7116 }} It was initially given the name kusuïte for its type locality in the Kusu deposit, {{convert|85|km|abbr=on}} SW of Kinshasa, Zaire. In 1987 it was renamed as the Ce analog of wakefieldite-Y.Handbook of Mineralogy, [http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/wakefielditece.pdf Wakefieldite-(Ce)].