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Yttrotantalite-(Y) R080046

Name: Yttrotantalite-(Y)
RRUFF ID: R080046
Ideal Chemistry: (Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄
Locality: Swaziland
Source: American Museum of Natural History 67464 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Brown glassy from amorphous sample R060022 after heating at T = 850 C for 18 hours
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.

Mineral Group: [ Columbite (32) ]

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RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample; 780 spectrum overwhelmed by fluorescence

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

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R080046

Wavelength:

Sample Description:

Unoriented sample; 780 spectrum overwhelmed by fluorescence

Instrument settings:

Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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POWDER DIFFRACTION

RRUFF ID:

R080046.1

Sample Description:

Powder

File Type Information

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

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

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REFERENCES for Yttrotantalite-(Y)
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]
Ekeberg A G (1802) Uplysning 'om Ytterjordens egenskaper, i synnerhet i jamforelse med Berylljorden: om de Fossilier, hvari forstnamnde jord innehålles, samt om en ny uptäckt kropp of metallisk natur, Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 23, 68-83 [view file]
Berzelius J (1815) Undersökning af hittills bekanta tantalhaltiga fossiliers sammansåttning, Afhandlingar i Fysik, Kemi och Mineralogi, 4, 262-293 [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]
Ferguson R B (1957) The crystallography of synthetic YTaO₄ and fused fergusonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 72-77 [view file]
Lima de Faria, J (1958) Heat treatment of metamict euxenites, polymignites, yttrotantalites, samarskites, pyrochlores, and allanites, Mineralogical Museum, section of the Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, 3R, 937-942 [view file]
Wolten G M (1967) The structure of the M'-phase of YTaO₄, a third fergusonite polymorph, Acta Crystallographica, 23, 939-944
Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]
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

REFERENCES for Yttrotantalite-(Y)

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]

Ekeberg A G (1802) Uplysning 'om Ytterjordens egenskaper, i synnerhet i jamforelse med Berylljorden: om de Fossilier, hvari forstnamnde jord innehålles, samt om en ny uptäckt kropp of metallisk natur, Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 23, 68-83 [view file]

Berzelius J (1815) Undersökning af hittills bekanta tantalhaltiga fossiliers sammansåttning, Afhandlingar i Fysik, Kemi och Mineralogi, 4, 262-293 [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]

Ferguson R B (1957) The crystallography of synthetic YTaO₄ and fused fergusonite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 72-77 [view file]

Lima de Faria, J (1958) Heat treatment of metamict euxenites, polymignites, yttrotantalites, samarskites, pyrochlores, and allanites, Mineralogical Museum, section of the Junta de Investigações do Ultramar, 3R, 937-942 [view file]

Wolten G M (1967) The structure of the M'-phase of YTaO₄, a third fergusonite polymorph, Acta Crystallographica, 23, 939-944

Nickel E H, Mandarino J A (1987) Procedures involving the IMA Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names and guidelines on mineral nomenclature, American Mineralogist, 72, 1031-1042 [view file]

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