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Tantalite-(Mn) R060252

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(Ta_1.44Nb_0.56)_Σ=2O₆
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

RRUFF ID:

Sample Description:

Unoriented Sample

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BROAD SCAN WITH SPECTRAL ARTIFACTS

RRUFF ID:

R060252

Wavelength:

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

File Type Information

Calculated diffraction file.

File Type Information

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

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	DIF File
	X-ray Data (XY - RAW)
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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(Nb_0.5Ta_0.5)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

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(Nb_0.5Ta_0.5)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