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Mineral Processing
Mineral Processing Foundations of theory and practice of minerallurgy 1st English edition JAN DRZYMALA, C. Eng., Ph.D., D.Sc. Member of the Polish Mineral Processing Society Wroclaw University of Technology 2007 Translation: J. Drzymala, A. Swatek Reviewer: A. Luszczkiewicz Published as supplied by the author ©Copyright by Jan Drzymala, Wroclaw 2007 Computer typesetting: Danuta Szyszka Cover design: Danuta Szyszka Cover photo: Sebastian Bożek Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27 50-370 Wroclaw Any part of this publication can be used in any form by any means provided that the usage is acknowledged by the citation: Drzymala, J., Mineral Processing, Foundations of theory and practice of minerallurgy, Oficyna Wydawnicza PWr., 2007, www.ig.pwr.wroc.pl/minproc ISBN 978-83-7493-362-9 Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................9 Part I Introduction to mineral processing .....................................................................13 1. From the Big Bang to mineral processing................................................................14 1.1. The formation of matter ...................................................................................14 1.2. Elementary particles.........................................................................................16 1.3. Molecules .........................................................................................................18 1.4. Solids................................................................................................................19 -
New Minerals Approved Bythe Ima Commission on New
NEW MINERALS APPROVED BY THE IMA COMMISSION ON NEW MINERALS AND MINERAL NAMES ALLABOGDANITE, (Fe,Ni)l Allabogdanite, a mineral dimorphous with barringerite, was discovered in the Onello iron meteorite (Ni-rich ataxite) found in 1997 in the alluvium of the Bol'shoy Dolguchan River, a tributary of the Onello River, Aldan River basin, South Yakutia (Republic of Sakha- Yakutia), Russia. The mineral occurs as light straw-yellow, with strong metallic luster, lamellar crystals up to 0.0 I x 0.1 x 0.4 rnrn, typically twinned, in plessite. Associated minerals are nickel phosphide, schreibersite, awaruite and graphite (Britvin e.a., 2002b). Name: in honour of Alia Nikolaevna BOG DAN OVA (1947-2004), Russian crys- tallographer, for her contribution to the study of new minerals; Geological Institute of Kola Science Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity. fMA No.: 2000-038. TS: PU 1/18632. ALLOCHALCOSELITE, Cu+Cu~+PbOZ(Se03)P5 Allochalcoselite was found in the fumarole products of the Second cinder cone, Northern Breakthrought of the Tolbachik Main Fracture Eruption (1975-1976), Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. It occurs as transparent dark brown pris- matic crystals up to 0.1 mm long. Associated minerals are cotunnite, sofiite, ilin- skite, georgbokiite and burn site (Vergasova e.a., 2005). Name: for the chemical composition: presence of selenium and different oxidation states of copper, from the Greek aA.Ao~(different) and xaAxo~ (copper). fMA No.: 2004-025. TS: no reliable information. ALSAKHAROVITE-Zn, NaSrKZn(Ti,Nb)JSi401ZJz(0,OH)4·7HzO photo 1 Labuntsovite group Alsakharovite-Zn was discovered in the Pegmatite #45, Lepkhe-Nel'm MI. -
On the Occasion of His 80Th Anniversary)
Crystallography Reports, Vol. 46, No. 4, 2001, pp. 521–522. Translated from Kristallografiya, Vol. 46, No. 4, 2001, pp. 583–584. Original Russian Text Copyright © 2001 by the Editorial Board. In Memory of Boris Konstantinovich Vainshtein (on the Occasion of His 80th Anniversary) On July 10, 2001, Boris Konstantinovich Vainsh- In 1945, Vainshtein entered the postgraduate course tein, an outstanding physicist–crystallographer and of the Institute of Crystallography and was bound for- member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, would ever with this institute. In 1950, he defended his Candi- have celebrated his eightieth birthday. date and, in 1955, Doctoral dissertations in physics and mathematics. In 1959, he organized and headed the Academician Vainshtein, an outstanding scientist Laboratory of Protein Structure. In 1962, Vainshtein and a remarkable person, has made a great contribution was elected a Corresponding Member and, in 1976, a to the creation and development of modern crystallog- Full Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences. raphy. He was a talented organizer of science and the Being appointed the director of the Institute of Crys- director of the Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography tallography in 1962, Vainshtein continued the scientific for more than 34 years. traditions laid by A.V. Shubnikov and developed crys- Boris Konstantinovich Vainshtein was born in Mos- tallography as a science combining studies along three cow in 1921. He graduated with distinction from two main integral parts—crystal growth, crystal structure, higher schools—the Physics Faculty of Moscow State and crystal properties. The great organizational talent University (1945) and the Metallurgy Faculty of the characteristic of Vainshtein flourished during his direc- Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys (1947) and torship—he managed to gather around him people received a diploma as a physicist and an engineer- devoted to science and transformed the Institute of researcher. -
Khomyakovite and Manganokhomyakovite, Two
893 TheCanadian Mineralogist Vol. 37,pp. 893-899 (1999) KHOMYAKOVITEAND MANGANOKHOMYAKOVITE, TWO NEW MEMBERS OF THEEUDIALYTE GROUP FROM MONT SAINT.HILAIRE, QUEBEC, CANADA OLE JOHNSEN Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen,Oster Voldgade 5-7, DK-L350 Copenhagen,Denmark ROBERT A. GAULT, JOEL D. GRICE AND T. SCOTT ERCIT Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P O. Box 3143, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario Kl P 6P4, Canaela Aesrnacr Khomyakovite, ideally Nal2Sr3Ca6Fe3Zr3W(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(OH,Cl)zand manganokhomyakovite, ideally Na12Sr3Ca6N4n3Zr3W(Si25O7r(O,OH,H2O)3(OH,Cl)2are two new members of the eudialyte group from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec. They occur as orange to orange-red,pseudo-octahedral crystals ranging in size from 0.5 mm (khomyakovite) to 5 mm (manganokhomyakovite).Associated minerals include, for khomyakovite: analcime, annite, calcite, natrolite, pyrite, and titanite, and for manganokhomyakovite:aegirine, albite, analcime,annite, cerussite, galena, kupletskite, microcline, molybdenite, natrolite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, sodalite, sphalerite, titanite, wohlerite and zircon. Both minerals are transparentto translucent, with a vitreous luster and white streak They are brittle, with a hardnessof 5-6 (Mohs scale). They have no cleavage,no parting and an uneven fractue. They are uniaxial negative, for khomyakovire: a = 1.62'19(5) and e = I.6254(5), and for manganokhomyakovite: = o -= 1.629(1) and e 1.626(2).They are trigonal, spacegroup R3n. For kho-myakovitg.a 14.2959(8),c 30.084(3) A,V 5324.6('l) A3, and for manganokhomyakovi -
Leaching of Rare Earths from Eudialyte Minerals
Western Australia School of Mines Leaching of Rare Earths from Eudialyte Minerals Hazel Lim This thesis is presented for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of Curtin University June 2019 Abstract Rare earths are critical materials which are valued for their use in advanced and green technology applications. There is currently a preferential demand for heavy rare earths, owing to their significant applications in technological devices. At present, there is a global thrust for supply diversification to reduce dependence on China, the dominant world supplier of these elements. Eudialyte is a minor mineral of zirconium, but it is currently gaining significance as an alternative source of rare earths due to its high content of heavy rare earths. Eudialyte is a complex polymetallic silicate mineral which exists in many chemical and structural variants. These variants can also be texturally classified as large or fine-grained. Huge economic deposits of eudialyte can be found in Russia, Greenland, Canada and Australia. Large-grained eudialyte mineralisations are more common than its counterpart. The conventional method of eudialyte leaching is to use sulfuric acid. In few instances, rare earths are recovered as by-products after the preferential extraction of zirconium . As such, the conditions for the optimal leaching of rare earths, particularly of heavy rare earths from large-grained eudialyte are not known. Also, previous studies on eudialyte leaching were focused only on large-grained eudialyte and thus, there are no known studies on the sulfuric acid leaching of rare earths from finely textured eudialyte. Additionally, the sulfuric acid leaching of eudialyte bears a cost disadvantage owing to the large volume of chemicals needed for leaching and for neutralising effluent acidity on disposal. -
Volume 23 / No. 8 / 1993
Volume 23 No. 8. October 1993 The Journal of Gemmology THE GEMMOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION AND GEM TESTING LABORATORY OF GREAT BRITAIN OFFICERS AND COUNCIL Past Presidents: Sir Henry Miers, MA, D.Sc., FRS Sir William Bragg, OM, KBE, FRS Dr. G.F. Herbert Smith, CBE, MA, D.Sc. Sir Lawrence Bragg, CH, OBE, MC, B.Sc, FRS Sir Frank Claringbull, Ph.D., F.Inst.P., FGS Vice-Presidents : R. K. Mitchell, FGA A.E. Farn, FGA D.G. Kent, FGA E. M. Bruton, FGA, DGA Council of Management CR. Cavey, FGA TJ. Davidson, FGA N.W. Deeks, FGA, DGA I. Thomson, FGA V.P. Watson, FGA, DGA R.R. Harding, B.Sc., D.Phil., FGA, C. Geol. Members' Council A. J. Allnutt, M.Sc, G.H. Jones, B.Sc, Ph.D., P. G. Read, C.Eng., Ph.D., FGA FGA MIEE, MIERE, FGA, DGA P. J. E. Daly, B.Sc, FGA J. Kessler I. Roberts, FGA P. Dwyer-Hickey, FGA, G. Monnickendam R. Shepherd DGA L. Music R. Velden R. Fuller, FGA, DGA J.B. Nelson, Ph.D., FGS, D. Warren B. Jackson, FGA F. Inst. P., C.Phys., FGA CH. Winter, FGA, DGA Branch Chairmen: Midlands Branch: D.M. Larcher, FBHI, FGA, DGA North-West Branch: I. Knight, FGA, DGA Examiners: A. J. Allnutt, M.Sc, Ph.D., FGA G. H. Jones, B.Sc, Ph.D., FGA L. Bartlett, B.Sc, M.Phil., FGA, DGA D. G. Kent, FGA E. M. Bruton, FGA, DGA R. D. Ross, B.Sc, FGA C R. Cavey, FGA P. Sadler, B.Sc, FGS, FGA, DGA S. -
1 Geological Association of Canada Mineralogical
GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA 2006 JOINT ANNUAL MEETING MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC FIELD TRIP 4A : GUIDEBOOK MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF THE POUDRETTE QUARRY, MONT SAINT-HILAIRE, QUÉBEC by Charles Normand (1) Peter Tarassoff (2) 1. Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l’Atmosphère, Université du Québec À Montréal, 201, avenue du Président-Kennedy, Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8 2. Redpath Museum, McGill University, 859 Sherbrooke Street West, Montréal, Québec H3A 2K6 1 INTRODUCTION The Poudrette quarry located in the East Hill suite of the Mont Saint-Hilaire alkaline complex is one of the world’s most prolific mineral localities, with a species list exceeding 365. No other locality in Canada, and very few in the world have produced as many species. With a current total of 50 type minerals, the quarry has also produced more new species than any other locality in Canada, and accounts for about 25 per cent of all new species discovered in Canada (Horváth 2003). Why has a single a single quarry with a surface area of only 13.5 hectares produced such a mineral diversity? The answer lies in its geology and its multiplicity of mineral environments. INTRODUCTION La carrière Poudrette, localisée dans la suite East Hill du complexe alcalin du Mont Saint-Hilaire, est l’une des localités minéralogiques les plus prolifiques au monde avec plus de 365 espèces identifiées. Nul autre site au Canada, et très peu ailleurs au monde, n’ont livré autant de minéraux différents. Son total de 50 minéraux type à ce jour place non seulement cette carrière au premier rang des sites canadiens pour la découverte de nouvelles espèces, mais représente environ 25% de toutes les nouvelles espèces découvertes au Canada (Horváth 2003). -
New Data on Minerals
RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FERSMAN MINERALOGICAL MUSEUM volume 43 New Data on Minerals FOUNDED IN 1907 MOSCOW 2008 ISSN 5900395626 New Data on Minerals. Volume 43. Мoscow: Аltum Ltd, 2008. 176 pages, 250 photos, and drawings. Editor: Margarita I. Novgorodova, Doctor in Science, Professor. Publication of Institution of Russian Academy of Sciences – Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS This volume contains articles on new mineral species and new finds of rare minerals, among them – Nalivkinite, a new mineral of the astrophyllite group; new finds of Dzhalindite, Mo-bearing Stolzite and Greenockite in ores of the Budgaya, Eastern Transbaikalia; new finds of black Powellite in molybdenum-uranium deposit of Southern Kazakhstan. Corundum-bearing Pegmatite from the Khibiny massif and Columbite-Tantalite group minerals of rare- metal tantalum-bearing amazonite-albite granites from Eastern Transbaikalia and Southern Kazakhstan are described. There is also an article on mineralogical and geochemical features of uranium ores from Southeastern Transbaikalia deposits. New data on titanium-rich Biotite and on polymorphs of anhydrous dicalcium orthosilicate are published. “Mineralogical Museums and Collections” section contains articles on collections and exhibits of Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS: on the collection of mining engineer I.N. Kryzhanovsky; on Faberge Eggs from the funds of this museum (including a describing of symbols on the box with these eggs); on the exhibition devoted to A.E. Fersman’s 125th anniversary and to 80 years of the first edition of his famous book “Amuzing Mineralogy” and the review of Fersman Mineralogical Museum acquisitions in 2006–2008. This section includes also some examples from the history of discovery of national deposits by collection’s specimens. -
The Standardisation of Mineral Group Hierarchies: Application to Recent Nomenclature Proposals
Eur. J. Mineral. 2009, 21, 1073–1080 Published online October 2009 The standardisation of mineral group hierarchies: application to recent nomenclature proposals Stuart J. MILLS1,*, Fred´ eric´ HATERT2,Ernest H. NICKEL3,** and Giovanni FERRARIS4 1 Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification, of the International Mineralogical Association (IMA–CNMNC), Secretary *Corresponding author, e-mail: [email protected] 2 Laboratoire de Minéralogie et de Cristallochimie, B-18, Université de Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium IMA–CNMNC, Vice-Chairman 3 CSIRO, Private Bag 5, Wembley, Western Australia 6913, Australia 4 Dipartimento di Scienze Mineralogiche e Petrologiche, Università di Torino, Via Valperga Caluso 35, 10125, Torino, Italy Abstract: A simplified definition of a mineral group is given on the basis of structural and compositional aspects. Then a hier- archical scheme for group nomenclature and mineral classification is introduced and applied to recent nomenclature proposals. A new procedure has been put in place in order to facilitate the future proposal and naming of new mineral groups within the IMA–CNMNC framework. Key-words: mineral group, supergroup, nomenclature, mineral classification, IMA–CNMNC. Introduction History There are many ways which are in current use to help with From time to time, the issue of how the names of groups the classification of minerals, such as: Dana’s New Miner- have been applied and its consistency has been discussed alogy (Gaines et al., 1997), the Strunz classification (Strunz by both the CNMMN/CNMNC and the Commission on & Nickel, 2001), A Systematic Classification of Minerals Classification of Minerals (CCM)1. -
New Data on the Isomorphism in Eudialyte-Group Minerals. 2
minerals Review New Data on the Isomorphism in Eudialyte-Group Minerals. 2. Crystal-Chemical Mechanisms of Blocky Isomorphism at the Key Sites Ramiza K. Rastsvetaeva 1 and Nikita V. Chukanov 2,3,* 1 Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics”, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 59, 119333 Moscow, Russia; [email protected] 2 Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432 Moscow, Russia 3 Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 24 July 2020; Accepted: 14 August 2020; Published: 17 August 2020 Abstract: The review considers various complex mechanisms of isomorphism in the eudialyte-group minerals, involving both key positions of the heteropolyhedral framework and extra-framework components. In most cases, so-called blocky isomorphism is realized when one group of atoms and ions is replaced by another one, which is accompanied by a change in the valence state and/or coordination numbers of cations. The uniqueness of these minerals lies in the fact that they exhibit ability to blocky isomorphism at several sites of high-force-strength cations belonging to the framework and at numerous sites of extra-framework cations and anions. Keywords: eudialyte group; crystal chemistry; blocky isomorphism; peralkaline rocks 1. Introduction Eudialyte-group minerals (EGMs) are typical components of some kinds of agpaitic igneous rocks and related pegmatites and metasomatic assemblages. Crystal-chemical features of these minerals are important indicators reflecting conditions of their formation (pressure, temperature, fugacity of oxygen and volatile species, and activity of non-coherent elements [1–9]). -
Ferrokentbrooksite, a New Member of the Eudialyte Group from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
55 The Canadian Mineralogist Vol. 41, pp. 55-60 (2003) FERROKENTBROOKSITE, A NEW MEMBER OF THE EUDIALYTE GROUP FROM MONT SAINT-HILAIRE, QUEBEC, CANADA OLE JOHNSEN§ Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5–7, DK–1350 Copenhagen, Denmark JOEL D. GRICE AND ROBERT A. GAULT Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada ABSTRACT Ferrokentbrooksite, ideally Na15Ca6(Fe,Mn)3Zr3NbSi25O73(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,F,OH)2, is a new member of the eudialyte group from Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec; it is the ferrous-iron-dominant analogue of kentbrooksite. It occurs as reddish brown to red, pseudo-octahedral crystals to 1 cm in diameter. Associated minerals include microcline, nepheline (partially altered to natrolite), fluorite, fluorapatite, natrolite, gonnardite, rhodochrosite, aegirine, albite, calcite, sérandite, ancylite-(Ce), and catapleiite. It is transparent with a vitreous luster and a white streak. It is brittle, with a hardness of 5–6 (Mohs scale). It has no cleavage, no parting, and an uneven to conchoidal fracture. It is uniaxial negative with 1.6221(3) and 1.6186(3). It is trigonal, space group R3m, a 14.2099(7) and c 30.067(2) Å, V 5257.7(3) Å3, Z = 3. The strongest nine X-ray powder-diffraction lines [d in Å(I)(hkl)] are: 7.104(38)(110), 5.694(50)(202), 4.300(43)(205), 3.955(31)(214), 3.391(51)(131), 3.207(31)(208), 3.155(31)(217), 2.968(100)(315) and 2.847(98)(404). The infrared spectrum of ferrokentbrooksite is given. -
New Mineral Names*,†
American Mineralogist, Volume 102, pages 1961–1968, 2017 New Mineral Names*,† DMITRIY I. BELAKOVSKIY1, FERNANDO CÁMARA2, OLIVIER C. GAGNE3, AND YULIA UVAROVA4 1Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18 korp. 2, Moscow 119071, Russia 2Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “Ardito Desio”, Universitá di degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli, 34, 20133 Milano, Italy 3Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada 4CSIRO Mineral Resources, CSIRO, ARRC, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington, Western Australia 6151 Australia IN THIS ISSUE This New Mineral Names has entries for 14 new minerals, including bohseite, dachiardite-K, ilyukhinite, jahnsite-(CaFeMg), ježekite, karpenkoite, khesinite, mesaite, norilskite, plavnoite, raygrantite, shumwayite, steinmetzite, and tinnunculite. BOHSEITE* along with the average of 10 electron probe WDS analysis (in bold) on the crystal used for the collection of the XRD data are: SiO 58.83 E. Szełęg, B. Zuzens, F.C. Hawthorne, A. Pieczka, A. Szuszkiewicz, 2 (58.04–59.47) / 57.41 (54.69–60.02), Al O 3.51 (1.87–6.49) / 3.51 K. Turniak, K. Nejbert, S.S. Ilnicki, H. Friis, E. Makovicky, 2 3 (2.91–4.17), CaO 24.61 (24.45–24.96) / 23.75 (23.53–23.91), Na O 0.07 M.T. Weller and M.-H. Lemée-Cailleau (2017) Bohseite, ideally 2 (0.01–0.13) / 0.18 (0.16–0.19), F 0.45 (0.20–0.69) / 0.55 (0.39–0.75), Ca Be Si O (OH) , from the Piława Górna quarry, the Góry Sowie 2 4 4 9 24 4 BeO 9.31 (7.75–10.24) / 9.07, H O 3.12 (2.68–3.42) / 3.05, O=F Block, SW Poland.