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Tantalite-(Mn) R060252

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Name: Tantalite-(Mn)
RRUFF ID: R060252
Ideal Chemistry: Mn2+Ta2O6
Locality: Kohtokay mine, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China
Source: William W. Pinch [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Reddish-brown fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral is confirmed by single-crystal X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis.
Mineral Group: [ Columbite (32) ]
Quick search: [ All Tantalite-(Mn) samples (3) ]
CHEMISTRY 
RRUFF ID: R060252.2
Sample Description: Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry: (Mn2+0.93Fe2+0.07)Σ=1(Ta1.44Nb0.56)Σ=2O6
Microprobe Data File: [ Download Excel File ]
RAMAN SPECTRUM 
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Sample Description: Unoriented Sample
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RRUFF ID: R060252
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Sample Description: Unoriented Sample
Instrument settings: Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW
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POWDER DIFFRACTION 
RRUFF ID: R060252.9
Sample Description: Single crystal, powder profile is calculated
Cell Refinement Output: a: 14.404(5)Å    b: 5.756(2)Å    c: 5.086(2)Å
alpha: 90°    beta: 90°    gamma: 90°   Volume: 421.7(4)Å3    Crystal System: orthorhombic
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Calculated diffraction file.

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

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REFERENCES for Tantalite-(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]

Thomson T (1836) On the minerals containing columbium, Records of General Science, 4, 407-419   [view file]

Nordenskiöld A E (1877) Mineralogiska meddelanden. 3. Tantalsyrade mineralier från Utö, Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Förhandlingar, 3, 282-286   [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

Grice J D, Ferguson R B, Hawthorne F C (1976) The crystal structures of tantalite, ixiolite and wodginite from Bernic Lake, Manitoba I. Tantalite and ixiolite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 14, 540-549   [view file]

Klein S, Weitzel H (1976) Magnetische struktur von Mn(Nb0.5Ta0.5)2O6, manganotantalit, Acta Crystallographica, A32, 587-591

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

dos Santos C A, Zawislak L I, Kinast E J, Antonietti V, da Cunha J B M (2001) Crystal chemistry and structure of the orthorhombic (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6 family of compounds, Brazilian Journal of Physics, 31, 616-631

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

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