kukharenkoite-(Ce)

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| name = Kukharenkoite-(Ce)

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| caption = Kukharenkoite-(Ce) from Demix-Varennes quarry, Montérégie, Québec

| category = Carbonate minerals

| formula = Ba₂CeF(CO₃)₃

| IMAsymbol = Kkk-Ce{{Cite journal|last=Warr|first=L.N.|date=2021|title=IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols|journal=Mineralogical Magazine|volume=85|issue=3|pages=291–320|doi=10.1180/mgm.2021.43|bibcode=2021MinM...85..291W|s2cid=235729616|doi-access=free}}

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| system = Monoclinic

| class = Prismatic (2/m)
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| references = [https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/MineralData?mineral=Kukharenkoite-%28Ce%29 Mineralienatlas]

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Kukharenkoite-(Ce) is a barium cerium fluoride carbonate mineral, formula Ba₂CeF(CO₃)₃. It was identified from samples found in the Mont-Saint-Hilaire alkaline intrusive complex, Quebec, and the Khibiny Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia. It was named for Russian mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914–1993).[http://www.mindat.org/min-7146.html Mindat with location data][http://webmineral.com/data/Kukharenkoite-(Ce).shtml Webmineral data]

The similar zhonghuacerite, a cerium containing mineral from China, is considered to be either kukharenkoite-(Ce) or huanghoite-(Ce) rather than a valid mineral.[http://www.mindat.org/min-4401.html Mindat - Zhonghuacerite-(Ce)]