Loparite-(Ce)

Loparite-(Ce) is a granular, brittle oxide mineral of the perovskite class.

[5] It has the chemical formula of (Ce,Na,Ca)(Ti,Nb)O3.

[6] Loparite occurs as a primary phase in nepheline syenite intrusions and pegmatites.

[4] Loparite was first described for an occurrence in the Khibiny and Lovozero massifs, Kola peninsula in northern Russia.

The term originates from the word Lopar, the former Russian name for the Sami indigenous inhabitants of the Kola peninsula, and the cerium content.