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NDM45_en_collect_110110:_ 10.01.2005 12:31 Page 1 RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE FERSMAN MINERALOGICAL MUSEM volume 45 New Data оn Minerals FOUNDED IN 1907 MOSCOW 2010 NDM45_en_collect_110110:_ 10.01.2005 12:31 Page 2 ISSN 5-900395-62-6 New data on Minerals. Volume 45. 2010. 168 pages, 99 images, drawings, schemes. Editor: Prof. Margarita I. Novgorodova. Publication of the Institution of Russian Academy of Sciences, Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS. This volume contains papers on the newly discovered mineral species – aleksandrovite, the Sn-analogue of baratovite, and åskagenite-(Nd), a new mineral of epidote supergroup. Discoveries of the rare minerals – irarsite (from ores of the Shanuch deposit in Kamchatka), orickite, jaipurite, westerveldite, edgarite, tung- stenite and other chalcogenides (from the Khibiny massif in Kola peninsula) are described. New data on accessory minerals from the Semeninskaya pit in the Aduy pegmatite field in the Ural Mts., on arsenosul- vanite and other sulphides from the Lebedinoe deposit in the Aldan Mts., on the composition and features of native gold from an ore occurrence in South-Eastern Kamchatka, are given. Zoned crystals of monazite- (Ce) from granite pegmatites of the Ilmeny Mts. are studied, including radiology dating. Problems of mi - neralogy and geochemistry of tetravalent uranium, uranium ores and sulfide-oxide associations in modern submarine pyrites, are covered. In the chapter “Mineral museums and collections” there is a paper on the exhibition in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS dedicated to the 125th anniversary of Alexander N. Labuntsov – the discoverer of apatite deposits in the Khibiny Mts. The next chapter – “Personalities” – for the first time brings forward letters found in the RAS archives from Alexander N. Labuntsov to academician Vladimir I. Vernadsky. The “Mineralogical notes” chapter includes description of rare intergrowth twins of magnetite from the Kurzhunkul deposit, Kazakhstan, and discussion of previous mistakes in the calculation of the chemical com- position of some minerals. The “Discussions” is represented by the paper on the problems of the definition of a valid mineral species and metastable mineralization. The journal is of interest to mineralogists, geochemists, geologists and also researchers of Natural History museums, collectors and amateurs. Editor in Chief Margarita I. Novgorodova, Doctor in Science, Professor Executive Editor Elena A. Borisova, Ph.D. Editorial Board Eugeny I. Semenov, Doctor in Science, Svetlana N. Nenasheva, Ph.D., Elena N. Matvienko, Ph.D., Marianna B. Chistyakova, Ph.D., Mikhail E. Generalov, Ph.D. Photo Michael B. Leybov Leader of Publishing group Michael B. Leybov Managing Editor Ludmila A. Cheshko Art Director Nikolay O. Parlashkevich Editor Andrey L. Cheshko Design and Layout Ivan A. Glazov Translators Maria S. Alferova, Il'ya A. Anisimov, Ivan A. Baksheev, Mark Fed’kun, Valerii V. Gerasimovskii, Mikhail Povarennykh Editors (English Style) Patricia Gray, Frank C. Hawthorne, Peter Modreski Authorized for printing by Institution of Russian Academy of Sciences, Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS У Text, photo, drawings and schemes, Institution of Russian Academy of Sciences, Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS, 2010 У Design BRITAN Ltd, 2010 Published by Institution of Russian Academy of Sciences, BRITAN Ltd Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS Box 71 Moscow Bld. 18/2 Leninskii Prospekt Moscow 119071 Russia Phone/fax +7 (495) 629-48-12 Phone +7 (495) 952-00-67; fax +7 (495) 952-48-50 email: [email protected] email: [email protected] www.minbook.com www.fmm.ru Circulation 300 copies Printed in Russia NDM45_en_collect_110110:_ 10.01.2005 12:31 Page 3 СОNTENT New Minerals and Their Varieties, New Finds of Rare Minerals, Mineral Paragenesis Pautov L.А., Agakhanov А.А., Karpenko V.Y., Gafurov F.G. Aleksandrovite, KLi3Ca7Sn2[Si6O18]2F2 – a new tin mineral . .5 Chukanov N.V., Göttlicher J., Möckel S., Sofer Z., Van К.V., Belakovskiy D.I. 2+ 3+ Åskagenite(Nd), Mn NdAl2Fe (Si2O7)(SiO4)O2 – a new mineral of the epidote supergroup . .17 Stepanov V.А., Kungurova V.Е., Gvozdev V.I. Irarsite discovery in copper-nickel ores of Shanuch deposit (Kamchatka) . .23 Popova V.I., Kotlyarov V.A. New data on the accessory minerals of the Semeninskaya pit of the Aduy pegmatite field (Urals) . .28 Yakovleva О.S., Pekov I.V., Bryzgalov I.А., Men’shikov Yu.P. Chalcogenide mineralization in the alumina-rich fenites of the Khibiny alkaline complex (Kola Peninsula, Russia) . .33 Nenasheva S.N., Karpenko V.Y. Features of arsenosulvanite from the Lebedinoe deposit, Central Aldan . .50 Nenasheva S.N., Karpenko V.Y., Pautov L.А. Sulfide mineralization of the Lebedinoe deposit, Central Aldan . .60 Borisova Е.А. Native gold from Mutnovskoe ore occurrence, South-Eastern Kamchatka, Russia . .66 Popova V.I., Hiller V.V., Erokhin Y.V., Popov V.A. Monazites of the late granitic pegmatites from Ilmeny mountains: an age chemical dating of zonal and sectorial crytals . .72 Doynikova O.А., Sidorenko G.А. To mineralogy of tetravalent uranium . .79 Mozgova N.N., Borodaev Yu.S., Stepanova Т.V., Cherkashev G.А., Uspenskaya Т.Yu. Sulfide-oxide mineral assemblages as indicator of sulfur and oxygen regime in modern submarine massive sulfide deposits . .91 Chernikov А.А. Mineralogical and geochemical features of the uranium ore composition: scientific and practical importance . .101 Crystal Chemistry, Minerals as Prototypes of New Materials, Physical and Chemical Properties of Minerals Pekov I.V., Yapaskurt V.O., Bryzgalov I.A., Zubkova N.V. Orickite from the Khibiny alkaline complex (Kola Peninsula) and its structure features . .113 Mineralogical Museums and Collections Matvienko E.N., Sokolova E.L., Borisova E.A., Pavlova T.M. Fersman Mineralogical Museum exhibit devoted to the 125th anniversary of A.N. Labuntsov . .122 Personalities Borisova E.A., Pavlova T.M., Labuntsova M.A. To A.N. Labuntsov’s 125th anniversary: A.N. Labuntsov’s letters to academician V.I. Vernadsky (from the Archive of Russian Academy of Sciences) . .129 Mineralogical Notes Popov V.A., Epanchintsev S.G. Intergrowth twins of magnetite in ores of Kurzhunkul deposit, Kazakhstan . .149 Semenov Е.I. Old mistakes in determination of mineral composition . .151 Discussion Borutzky B.Ye. The essays on fundamental and genetic mineralogy: 5. Mineral species and the metastable mineralization . .153 Matvienko E.N. On 90th anniversary of Ilmeny state conservation area . .166 Alferova M.S., Mokhova N.A. The new approach to the scientific museums: the “museum orienteering” . .168 NDM45_en_collect_110110:_ 10.01.2005 12:31 Page 4 New Minerals and Their Varieties, New Finds of Rare Minerals, Mineral Paragenesis NDM45_en_collect_110110:_ 10.01.2005 12:31 Page 5 New Data on Minerals. 2010. Vol. 45 5 1 ALEKSANDROVITE , KLi3Ca7Sn2[Si6O18]2F2 – A NEW TIN MINERAL Leonid A. Pautov, Atali A. Agakhanov, Vladimir Y. Karpenko IRAS Fersman Mineralogical Museum, RAS, Moscow, [email protected], [email protected] Farhod G. Gafurov Tajik State university, Dushanbe, [email protected] Aleksandrovite, KLi3Ca7Sn2[Si6O18]2F2 is a new mineral, the tin analogue of baratovite. It was discovered in a moraine boulder of microcline-calcite rock, along with quartz, albite, aegirine-hedenbergite pyroxene, in the Darai-Pioz glacier (Tajikistan). The mineral association is represented by baratovite, fluorite, miserite, Sn-bearing titanite, bazirite, pabstite, Sn-bearing sogdianite, sugilite, turkestanite, fluorapatite (apatite- (CaF)). The new mineral occurs in two types: a) minute (up to 50–70 μm) lamellar grains with no zoning vis- ible under BSE, and b) crystals (up to 0.8 mm) and aggregates of zoned and sectorial grains with separate zones of aleksandrovite, and baratovite or katayamalite. The mineral is colourless, transparent, with vitre- ous lustre and pearl lustre on cleaved surface. Streak colour is white. Cleavage is perfect along (001). Density (measured) = 3.05(2) g/cm3, density (calculated) = 3.07(2) g/cm3. Microhardness is 300 kg/mm2. Mohs hardness is 4–4.5. It fluoresces light-blue under short wave UV (254 nm). The mineral is biaxial, opti- cally negative: np = 1.629(2), nm = 1.635(4), ng = 1.638(2) (589 nm); 2V (calculated) = –70.3°. Dispersion is strong, r > v. Elongation is positive, angle of extinction varies from 0° to 22°. Aleksandrovite is mono- clinic, C2/c, a = 17.01(2), b = 9.751(6), c = 21.00(2) Å, b = 112.45(8)° , V = 3219(7) Å3 , Z = 4. The strongest X-Ray lines are as follows: (d in Å (I) (hkl)): 4.86(21)(31–1); 3.712(33)(312); 3.234(100)(006); 3.206(34)(223); 3.039(28)(025); 2.894(42)(314); 2.425(42)(008); 1.950(25)(426). Chemical analysis (EMPA, an average out of 17 analyses; Li2O – ICP OES, H2O – calculated; wt.%): SiO2 – 48.01, Al2O3 – 0.07, TiO2 – 2.86, SnO2 – 12.84, ZrO2 – 1.27, Nb2O5 – 0.11, Fe2O3 – 0.27, Ce2O3 – 0.04, MgO – 0.05, CaO – 25.52, SrO – 0.39, Na2O – 0.20, K2O – 2.91, Li2O – 3.01, F – 1.71, H2O – 0.39, (O=F2) = 0.72, total 99.12. Empiric for- mula of aleksandrovite – (K0.93Na0.10)1.03Li3.02(Ca6.82Sr0.06Mn0.04Mg0.02)6.94(Sn1.28Ti0.54 Zr0.15Fe0.05Nb0.01)2.03 (Si11.98Al0.02)12O36.00[F1.35(OH)0.65]2.00. IR spectrum of aleksandrovite is similar to that of baratovite, the strongest absorption strips are: 1083, 1024, -1 974, 950, 673, 607, 568, 520, 470, 440 cm . Compatibility index is 1 – (Kp/Kc) = –0.005. The mineral is named to honour of the well-known Russian geochemist, geologist and mineralogist Stanislav Mikhailovich Aleksandrov (born in 1932) for his great contribution in geology, geochemistry and mineralogy of tin. The type specimen is stored in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS in Moscow (registration number 3825/1). 5 tables, 6 figures, 19 references. Keywords: aleksandrovite, baratovite, katayamalite, Darai-Pioz, tin minerals, alkaline rocks. During examination of the field materials composition and nomenclature differed over collected by the authors in 2004 and 2007 in many years.