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Dmitryvarlamovite, Ti2(Fe3+Nb)O8, a new columbite-supergroup mineral related to the wolframite group

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Oksana V. Udoratina Open the ORCID record for Oksana V. Udoratina [Opens in a new window] ,
Taras L. Panikorovskii Open the ORCID record for Taras L. Panikorovskii [Opens in a new window] ,
Nikita V. Chukanov ,
Mikhail V. Voronin Open the ORCID record for Mikhail V. Voronin [Opens in a new window] ,
Vladimir P. Lutoev Open the ORCID record for Vladimir P. Lutoev [Opens in a new window] ,
Atali A. Agakhanov  and
Sergey I. Isaenko Open the ORCID record for Sergey I. Isaenko [Opens in a new window]
Oksana V. Udoratina
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, FRC Komi Scientific Center, Uralian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia
Taras L. Panikorovskii
Affiliation:
Kola Science Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, 14 Fersman Street, Apatity 184200, Russia Department of Crystallography, St. Petersburg State University, 7–9 Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia
Nikita V. Chukanov*
Affiliation:
Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, 142432 Russia
Mikhail V. Voronin
Affiliation:
D.S. Korzhinskii Institute of Experimental Mineralogy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, 142432 Russia
Vladimir P. Lutoev
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, FRC Komi Scientific Center, Uralian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia
Atali A. Agakhanov
Affiliation:
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Sergey I. Isaenko
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology, FRC Komi Scientific Center, Uralian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia
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Corresponding author: Nikita V. Chukanov; Email: chukanov@icp.ac.ru
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Abstract

The new columbite-supergroup mineral dmitryvarlamovite, ideally Ti2(Fe3+Nb)O8, was discovered in weathered alkaline metasomatic assemblages formed after late Riphaean sedimentary carbonate rocks of the Verkhne-Shchugorskoe deposit, Middle Timan Mts., Russia. The associated minerals are columbite-(Fe), pyrochlore-group minerals, monazite-(Ce), xenotime-(Y), baryte, pyrite, drugmanite and plumbogummite. Dmitryvarlamovite occurs as isolated anhedral equant grains up to 0.5 mm across. The colour of dmitryvarlamovite is black, the streak is black and the lustre is submetallic. The new mineral is brittle, with the mean VHN hardness of 753 kg mm–2 corresponding to the Mohs’ hardness of 6. No cleavage is observed. The fracture is conchoidal. The calculated density is 4.891 g⋅cm–3. In reflected light, dmitryvarlamovite is light grey; no pleochroism is observed. The reflectance values (Rmin, % / Rmax, % / λ, nm) are: 19.8/20.3/470, 18.3/18.9/546, 17.8/18.5/589 and 17.3/17.8/650. The chemical composition is (electron microprobe data, with iron divided into Fe2O3 and FeO based on the charge balance, wt.%): MnO 0.11, FeO 1.51, V2O3 0.89, Cr2O3 0.28, Fe2O3 19.26, TiO2 37.72, Nb2O5 40.08, total 99.85. The IR and Raman spectra indicate the absence of H-, C- and N-bearing groups. The empirical formula is (Fe2+0.08V3+0.05Cr3+0.01Fe3+0.92Ti1.79Nb1.15)Σ4.00O8. The crystal structure was determined using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data and refined to R = 0.048. Dmitryvarlamovite is orthorhombic, space group P21212, a = 4.9825(6), b = 4.6268(4), c = 5.5952(6) Å and V = 5.5952(6) Å3 (Z = 1). The structure is related to those of wolframite-group minerals but differs in the scheme of cation ordering. The crystal-chemical formula derived based on the structural data is (Ti0.57Nb0.21Fe3+0.15Fe2+0.04V0.02Cr0.01)2(Nb0.36Ti0.33Fe3+0.31)2O8. The strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d, Å (I, %) (hkl)] are: 3.58 (40) (011), 2.911 (100) (111), 2.809 (40) (002), 2.497 (38) (020), 2.447 (29) (103), 1.7363 (32) (103) and 1.7047 (29) (220). Dmitryvarlamovite is named after Dmitry Anatol'evich Varlamov (b. 1965).

Keywords

dmitryvarlamovitenew mineralcolumbite supergroupcrystal structureIR spectroscopyRaman spectroscopyVerkhne-Shchugorskoe depositMiddle TimanRussia
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 88 , Issue 2 , April 2024 , pp. 147 - 154
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mineralogical Society of the United Kingdom and Ireland

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Associate Editor: Oleg I Siidra

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