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Columbite-(Mn) R050359

Name: Columbite-(Mn)
RRUFF ID: R050359
Ideal Chemistry: Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆
Locality: Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
Source: University of Arizona Mineral Museum 5452 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black cleavage fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral has been confirmed by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis

Mineral Group: [ Columbite (32) ]

Quick search: [ All Columbite-(Mn) samples (2) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R050359.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Mn²⁺_0.58Fe²⁺_0.38Ti_0.02◻_0.02)(Nb_0.66Ta_0.34)₂O₆

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample

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INFRARED SPECTRUM (Attenuated Total Reflectance)

RRUFF ID:

R050359.1

Instrument settings:

SensIR Durascope on a Nicolet Magna 860 FTIR

Resolution:

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R050359.1

Sample Description:

Powder

Cell Refinement Output:

a: 14.288(2)Å b: 5.7405(7)Å c: 5.1191(7)Å
alpha: 90.° beta: 90.° gamma: 90.° Volume: 419.87(5)Å³ Crystal System: orthorhombic

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

File Type Information

Output file from the Bruker D8 Advance instrument. Includes device headers and XY data.

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REFERENCES for Columbite-(Mn)
American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]
Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]
Jameson R (1805) Columbite, System of Mineralogy, II, Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh, U.K. 582-583 [view file]
Dana E S (1892) Columbite group, in The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana 1837-1868, Descriptive Mineralogy 6th Edition John Wiley & Sons New York 731-738 [view file]
Brøgger W C (1906) Die Mineralien der Südnorwegischen Granitpegmatitgänge: Blomstrandin (und Priorit), Skrifter udgivne af Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania, 1906, issue 6 1-162 [view file]
Wherry E T (1914) Mineral nomenclature, Science, 39, 575-577 [view file]
Wherry E T (1915) Notes on wolframite, beraunite, and axinite, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 47, 501-511 [view file]
Quensel P, Berggren T (1938) Minerals of the Varuträsk pegmatite. XI. The niobate-tantalate group, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 60, 216-221
International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]
Ercit T S, Wise M A, Černý P (1995) Compositional and structural systematics of the columbite group, American Mineralogist, 80, 613-619 [view file]
Tarantino S C, Zema M (2005) Mixing and ordering behavior in manganocolumbite-ferrocolumbite solid solution: a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 90, 1291-1299 [view file]
Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135 [view file]
McNeil A G, Linnen R L, Flemming R L (2015) Hydrothermal synthesis of columbite-(Mn), tantalite-(Mn), hafnon, and zircon at 800-850°C and 200MPa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 1073-1081
Grew E S, Bosi F, Ros L, Kristiansson P, Gunter M E (2018) Fluor-elbaite, lepidolite and Ta-Nb oxides from a pegmatite of the 3000 Ma Sinceni Pluton, Swaziland: evidence for lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites in the Mesoarchean, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 205-218
Fuchsloch W C, Nex P A M, Kinnaird J A (2019) The geochemical evolution of Nb-Ta-Sn oxides from pegmatites of the Cape Cross-Uis pegmatite belt, Namibia, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 161-179
Chukanov N, Pasero M, Aksenov S M, Britvin S N, Zubkova N V, Yike L, Witzke T (2023) Columbite supergroup of minerals: nomenclature and classification, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 18-33
Hao Y, Feng Y, Liang T, Brzozowski M, Ju M, Zhou R, Wang Y (2023) Quantitative evaluation of metamictisation of columbite-(Mn) from rare-element pegmatites using Raman spectroscopy, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 337-347

REFERENCES for Columbite-(Mn)

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Record: [view record]

Anthony J W, Bideaux R A, Bladh K W, and Nichols M C (1990) Handbook of Mineralogy, Mineral Data Publishing, Tucson Arizona, USA, by permission of the Mineralogical Society of America. [view file]

Jameson R (1805) Columbite, System of Mineralogy, II, Bell and Bradfute Edinburgh, U.K. 582-583 [view file]

Dana E S (1892) Columbite group, in The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana 1837-1868, Descriptive Mineralogy 6th Edition John Wiley & Sons New York 731-738 [view file]

Brøgger W C (1906) Die Mineralien der Südnorwegischen Granitpegmatitgänge: Blomstrandin (und Priorit), Skrifter udgivne af Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania, 1906, issue 6 1-162 [view file]

Wherry E T (1914) Mineral nomenclature, Science, 39, 575-577 [view file]

Wherry E T (1915) Notes on wolframite, beraunite, and axinite, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 47, 501-511 [view file]

Quensel P, Berggren T (1938) Minerals of the Varuträsk pegmatite. XI. The niobate-tantalate group, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 60, 216-221

International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]

Ercit T S, Wise M A, Černý P (1995) Compositional and structural systematics of the columbite group, American Mineralogist, 80, 613-619 [view file]

Tarantino S C, Zema M (2005) Mixing and ordering behavior in manganocolumbite-ferrocolumbite solid solution: a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study, American Mineralogist, 90, 1291-1299 [view file]

Burke E A J (2008) Tidying up mineral names: an IMA-CNMNC scheme for suffixes, hyphens and diacritical marks, The Mineralogical Record, 39, 131-135 [view file]

McNeil A G, Linnen R L, Flemming R L (2015) Hydrothermal synthesis of columbite-(Mn), tantalite-(Mn), hafnon, and zircon at 800-850°C and 200MPa, The Canadian Mineralogist, 53, 1073-1081

Grew E S, Bosi F, Ros L, Kristiansson P, Gunter M E (2018) Fluor-elbaite, lepidolite and Ta-Nb oxides from a pegmatite of the 3000 Ma Sinceni Pluton, Swaziland: evidence for lithium-cesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatites in the Mesoarchean, European Journal of Mineralogy, 30, 205-218

Fuchsloch W C, Nex P A M, Kinnaird J A (2019) The geochemical evolution of Nb-Ta-Sn oxides from pegmatites of the Cape Cross-Uis pegmatite belt, Namibia, Mineralogical Magazine, 83, 161-179

Chukanov N, Pasero M, Aksenov S M, Britvin S N, Zubkova N V, Yike L, Witzke T (2023) Columbite supergroup of minerals: nomenclature and classification, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 18-33

Hao Y, Feng Y, Liang T, Brzozowski M, Ju M, Zhou R, Wang Y (2023) Quantitative evaluation of metamictisation of columbite-(Mn) from rare-element pegmatites using Raman spectroscopy, Mineralogical Magazine, 87, 337-347