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Samarskite-(Y) R070540

Name: Samarskite-(Y)
RRUFF ID: R070540
Ideal Chemistry: YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈
Locality: Fremont County, Colorado, USA
Source: James Shigley [view label]
Owner: RRUFF
Description: Black metamict fragment
Status: The identification of this mineral is not yet confirmed.

Mineral Group: [ Columbite (32) ]

CHEMISTRY

RRUFF ID:	R070540.2
Sample Description:	Microprobe Fragment
Measured Chemistry:	(Y_0.36Dy_0.04Gd_0.04Nd_0.02Sm_0.02Er_0.01Tb_0.01Ce_0.01Ho_0.01Nb_0.21Ca_0.08Fe_0.07Th_0.05U_0.04Mn_0.01Pb_0.01)_∑=1.00(Ti_0.88Ta_0.09Nb_0.04)_∑=1.01(O_3.99Cl_0.01)_∑=4.00
Microprobe Data File:	[ Download Excel File ]

RAMAN SPECTRUM

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample; spectra are overwhelmed by fluorescence

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RRUFF ID:

R070540

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Sample Description:

Unoriented sample; spectra are overwhelmed by fluorescence

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Thermo Almega XR 532nm @ 100% of 150mW

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REFERENCES for Samarskite-(Y)
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]
Rose H (1847) Ueber die Zusammensetzung des Uranotantals und des Columbits vom Ilmengebirge in Sibirien, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 71, 157-169 [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]
Murdoch J (1951) Notes on California minerals nuevite = samarskite; trona and hanksite; gaylussite, American Mineralogist, 36, 358-362 [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]
Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 765-770 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1962) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 33, 260-263 [view file]
Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 325-329 [view file]
International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]
Sugitani Y, Suzuki Y, Nagashima K (1985) Polymorphism of samarskite and its relationship to other structurally related Nb-Ta oxides with the α-PbO₂ structure, American Mineralogist, 70, 856-866 [view file]
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]
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
Capitani G C, Mugnaioli E, Guastoni A (2016) What is the actual structure of samarskite-(Y)? A TEM investigation of metamict samarskite from the Garnet Codera dike pegmatite (Central Italian Alps), American Mineralogist, 101, 1679-1690
Britvin S N, Pekov I V, Krzhizhanovskaya M G, Agakhanov A A, Ternes B, Schüller W, Chukanov N V (2019) Redefinition and crystal chemistry of samarskite-(Y), YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈: cation-ordered niobate structurally related to layered double tungstates, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 46, 727-741 [view file]
Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 48. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 399-402 [view file]
Britvin S N, Pekov I V, Krzhizhanovskaya M G, Agakhanov A A, Ternes B, Schüller W, Chukanov N V (2020) Samarskite-(Y) YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈: The history of discovery and studies of the first niobate with a double wolframite structure, Mineralogy, 6, issue 2 27-37 [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 Samarskite-(Y)

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]

Rose H (1847) Ueber die Zusammensetzung des Uranotantals und des Columbits vom Ilmengebirge in Sibirien, Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 71, 157-169 [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]

Murdoch J (1951) Notes on California minerals nuevite = samarskite; trona and hanksite; gaylussite, American Mineralogist, 36, 358-362 [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]

Fleischer M (1961) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 46, 765-770 [view file]

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

Fleischer M (1972) New mineral names, American Mineralogist, 57, 325-329 [view file]

International Mineralogical Association (1980) International Mineralogical Association: Commission on new minerals and mineral names, Mineralogical Magazine, 43, 1053-1055 [view file]

Sugitani Y, Suzuki Y, Nagashima K (1985) Polymorphism of samarskite and its relationship to other structurally related Nb-Ta oxides with the α-PbO₂ structure, American Mineralogist, 70, 856-866 [view file]

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]

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

Capitani G C, Mugnaioli E, Guastoni A (2016) What is the actual structure of samarskite-(Y)? A TEM investigation of metamict samarskite from the Garnet Codera dike pegmatite (Central Italian Alps), American Mineralogist, 101, 1679-1690

Britvin S N, Pekov I V, Krzhizhanovskaya M G, Agakhanov A A, Ternes B, Schüller W, Chukanov N V (2019) Redefinition and crystal chemistry of samarskite-(Y), YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈: cation-ordered niobate structurally related to layered double tungstates, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 46, 727-741 [view file]

Miyawaki R, Hatert F, Pasero M, Mills S J (2019) IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) Newsletter 48. New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019, European Journal of Mineralogy, 31, 399-402 [view file]

Britvin S N, Pekov I V, Krzhizhanovskaya M G, Agakhanov A A, Ternes B, Schüller W, Chukanov N V (2020) Samarskite-(Y) YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈: The history of discovery and studies of the first niobate with a double wolframite structure, Mineralogy, 6, issue 2 27-37 [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