Kukharenkoite- is a radioactive mineral, formula Ba₃CeF(CO₃)₃. It was identified from samples found in the Mont-Saint-Hilaire alkaline intrusive complex, Quebec

Quebec

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, and the Khibiny Massif

Khibiny Massif

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, Kola peninsula

Kola Peninsula

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, Russia

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. It was named for Russia

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n mineralogist Alexander A. Kukharenko (1914-1993).

The similar zhonghuacerite, a caesium containing mineral from China

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, is considered to be either kukharenkoite-(Ce) or huanghoite-(Ce) rather than a valid mineral.