Haleniusite-(La)
LaOF [CNMNC approved formula]
Named for Ulf Hålenius (1951-), head of the Department of Mineralogy of the Swedish Museum of Natural History, for his contributions to the spectroscopy of minerals and the mineral sciences in general.
| IMA status : | Approved Species 2004 () |
| CLASSIFICATION | |
| Dana (8th edition) : |
10.02.10.01 |
| (10) Oxyhalides and Hydroxyhalides | |
| (10.02) where A (O,OH) Xq | |
| (10.02.10) | |
| Nickel-Strunz (10th edition) : |
03.DE.05 |
| (03) Halides | |
| (03.D) Oxyhalides, Hydroxyhalides and Related Double Halides | |
| (03.DE) With Rare-Earth Elements | |
| Crystal system: | Cubic System |
| Point group (H-M): | m3m (or 4/m 3 2/m) — hexoctahedral |