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Pyrochlore R080050

Name: Pyrochlore
RRUFF ID: R080050
Ideal Chemistry: Ca₂Nb₂O₇
Locality: Hackman Valley, Yukspor Mountain, Khibiny, Kola, Russia
Source: Michael Scott S100981 [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Dark brown irregular grains on microcline
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.

Mineral Group: [ pyrochlore (28) ]

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Unoriented sample

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REFERENCES for Pyrochlore
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]
Wöhler F (1826) Ueber den pyrochlor, eine neue mineralspecies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 7, 417-428 [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]
Jäger E, Niggli E, Van Der Veen A H (1959) A hydrated barium-strontium pyrochlore in a biotite rock from Panda Hill, Tanganyika, Mineralogical Magazine, 32, 10-25 [view file]
Hogarth D D (1961) A study of pyrochlore and betafite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 610-633 [view file]
Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1413-1421 [view file]
Petruk W, Owens D R (1975) Electron microprobe analysis for pyrochlores from Oka, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 282-285 [view file]
Hogarth D D (1977) Classification and nomenclature of the pyrochlore group, American Mineralogist, 62, 403-410 [view file]
Mazzi F, Munno R (1983) Calciobetafite (new mineral of the pyrochlore group) and related minerals from Campi Flegrei, Italy; crystal structures of polymignyte and zirkelite: comparison with pyrochlore and zirconolite, American Mineralogist, 68, 262-276 [view file]
Pinckston R D, Smith D G W (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 516-532
Levin I, Amos T G, Nino J C, Vanderah T A, Randall C A, Lanagan M T (2002) Structural study of an unusual cubic pyrochlore Bi_1.5Zn_0.92Nb_1.5O_6.92, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 168, 69-75
Caprilli E, Della Ventura G, Williams T C, Parodi G C, Tuccimei P (2006) The crystal chemistry of non-metamict pyrochlore-group minerals from Latium, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1367-1378 [view file]
Bonazzi P, Bindi L (2007) The crystal structure of ingersonite, Ca₃Mn²⁺Sb⁵⁺₄O₁₄, and its relationships with pyrochlore, American Mineralogist, 92, 947-953 [view file]
Atencio D, Andrade M B, Christy A G, Gieré R, Kartashov P M (2010) The pyrochlore supergroup of minerals: nomenclature, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 673-698 [view file]
Christy A G, Atencio D (2013) Clarification of status of species in the pyrochlore supergroup, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 13-20 [view file]
Grey I E, Mumme W G, MacRae C M (2013) Lead-bearing phyllotungstite from the Clara mine, Germany with an ordered pyrochlore-hexagonal tungsten bronze intergrowth structure, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 57-67
Mills S J, Christy A G, Rumsey M S, Spratt J (2016) The crystal chemistry of elsmoreite from the Hemerdon (Drakelands) mine, UK: hydrokenoelsmoreite-3C and hydrokenoelsmoreite-6R, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 1195-1203
Pakhomova A S, Krivovichev S V, Yudintsev S V, Stefanovsky S V (2016) Polysomatism and structural complexity: structure and model for murataite-8C, a complex crystalline matrix for the immobilization of high-level radioactive waste, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 205-214

REFERENCES for Pyrochlore

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]

Wöhler F (1826) Ueber den pyrochlor, eine neue mineralspecies, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 7, 417-428 [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]

Jäger E, Niggli E, Van Der Veen A H (1959) A hydrated barium-strontium pyrochlore in a biotite rock from Panda Hill, Tanganyika, Mineralogical Magazine, 32, 10-25 [view file]

Hogarth D D (1961) A study of pyrochlore and betafite, The Canadian Mineralogist, 6, 610-633 [view file]

Fleischer M (1963) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 48, 1413-1421 [view file]

Petruk W, Owens D R (1975) Electron microprobe analysis for pyrochlores from Oka, Quebec, The Canadian Mineralogist, 13, 282-285 [view file]

Hogarth D D (1977) Classification and nomenclature of the pyrochlore group, American Mineralogist, 62, 403-410 [view file]

Mazzi F, Munno R (1983) Calciobetafite (new mineral of the pyrochlore group) and related minerals from Campi Flegrei, Italy; crystal structures of polymignyte and zirkelite: comparison with pyrochlore and zirconolite, American Mineralogist, 68, 262-276 [view file]

Pinckston R D, Smith D G W (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32, 516-532

Levin I, Amos T G, Nino J C, Vanderah T A, Randall C A, Lanagan M T (2002) Structural study of an unusual cubic pyrochlore Bi_1.5Zn_0.92Nb_1.5O_6.92, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 168, 69-75

Caprilli E, Della Ventura G, Williams T C, Parodi G C, Tuccimei P (2006) The crystal chemistry of non-metamict pyrochlore-group minerals from Latium, Italy, The Canadian Mineralogist, 44, 1367-1378 [view file]

Bonazzi P, Bindi L (2007) The crystal structure of ingersonite, Ca₃Mn²⁺Sb⁵⁺₄O₁₄, and its relationships with pyrochlore, American Mineralogist, 92, 947-953 [view file]

Atencio D, Andrade M B, Christy A G, Gieré R, Kartashov P M (2010) The pyrochlore supergroup of minerals: nomenclature, The Canadian Mineralogist, 48, 673-698 [view file]

Christy A G, Atencio D (2013) Clarification of status of species in the pyrochlore supergroup, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 13-20 [view file]

Grey I E, Mumme W G, MacRae C M (2013) Lead-bearing phyllotungstite from the Clara mine, Germany with an ordered pyrochlore-hexagonal tungsten bronze intergrowth structure, Mineralogical Magazine, 77, 57-67

Mills S J, Christy A G, Rumsey M S, Spratt J (2016) The crystal chemistry of elsmoreite from the Hemerdon (Drakelands) mine, UK: hydrokenoelsmoreite-3C and hydrokenoelsmoreite-6R, Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 1195-1203

Pakhomova A S, Krivovichev S V, Yudintsev S V, Stefanovsky S V (2016) Polysomatism and structural complexity: structure and model for murataite-8C, a complex crystalline matrix for the immobilization of high-level radioactive waste, European Journal of Mineralogy, 28, 205-214