RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FERSMAN MINERALOGICAL MUSEUM VOLUME 48 New Data оn Minerals FOUNDED IN 1907 MOSCOW 2013 ISSN 5-900395-62-6 New Data on Minerals. 2013. Volume 48. 162 pages, 128 photos, drawings and schemes. Publication of Institution of Russian Academy of Sciences, Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS. This volume contains description of laptevite-(Ce), a new vicanite group mineral found in the Darai-Pioz alkaline massif, rare minerals of the baratovite-katayamalite solid solution from the Khodzha-Achkan alkaline massif in Kirgizia, listvenite-like phlogopite-magnesite gumbeites of the Berezovsky gold deposit in the Urals, polycrys- talline diamond aggregates from the Lomonosov deposit in the Arkhangelsk diamond province, and gypsum seg- regations from the bottom of the Okhotsk and Japan Seas. The results of fine investigation of trace elements in the crystal structure of molybdenite and experimental modeling of Pt and Pd sulfide crystallization during cooling in the central part of the Cu-Fe-S system are given. Separate section is devoted to 150th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Vernadsky. It contains papers about geo- chemical mineralogy of V.I. Vernadsky, his activity in nuclear power, and mineralogical taxonomies suggested by V.I. Vernadsky, J.D. Dana, A.G. Betekhtin, I.N. Kostov, G.P. Barsanov, and A.A. Godovikov. In the section Mineralogical Museums and Collections, the first information on products of Chinese stone-cut art in the collection of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, brief historical review of the collection of diamond crystals of the same museum, and detail information on the new acquisitions in the muse- um in 2011–2012 are given. Mineralogical Notes are represented by brief paper about findings of giant minerals in the South Urals. This journal is of interest for mineralogists, geochemists, geologists, staff of natural history museums, collectors, and amateurs of stones. Editor in Chief Victor K. Garanin, Doctor in Science, Professor Executive Editor Elena A. Borisova, Ph.D. Editorial Board Margarita I. Novgorodova,Doctor in Science, Professor, Boris Ye. Borutzky, Doctor in Science, Eugeny I. Semenov,Doctor in Science, Svetlana N. Nenasheva,Ph.D., Marianna B. Chistyakova,Ph.D., Elena N. Matvienko, Ph.D., Mikhail E. Generalov,Ph.D., Elena S. Sorokina,Ph.D., Leonid A. Pautov Photo Michael B. Leybov Leader of Publishing group Michael B. Leybov Managing Editor Ludmila A. Cheshko Editor Andrey L. Cheshko Design and Layout Ivan A. Glazov Translators Maria S. Alferova, Il’ya Anisimov,Ivan A. Baksheev,Mark Fed’kin, Vladimir Karpenko, Eugene B. Kurdukov,Alexander S. Yakubchuk Editors (English Style) Dr. Peter Modreski and Dr. Edward Rosenzweig 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, 2013 У Design BRITAN Ltd, 2013 Published by Institution of Russian Academy of Science, BRITAN Ltd Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS Box 71 Moscow 117556 Bld. 18/2 Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow 119071 Russia Phone/fax: +7(495) 629G48G12 Phone: +7(495) 952-00-67; fax: +7(495) 952-48-50 EGmail: [email protected] EGmail: [email protected] www.minbook.com www.fmm.ru СОNTENT New Minerals and Their Varieties, New Finds of Rare Minerals, Mineral Paragenesis Agakhanov A.A., Pautov L.A., Uvarova Yu.А., Sokolova E.V., Hawthorne F.C., Karpenko V.Yu. + Laptevite-(Ce) NaFe2 (REE7Ca5Y3)(SiO4)4(Si3B2PO18)(BO3)F11 – new mineral of the vicanite group from the Darai-Pioz alkaline massif, Tajikistan . .5 Pautov L.A., Karpenko V.Yu., Agakhanov A.A. Baratovite-katayamalite minerals from the Hodzha-Achkan alcaline massif (Kirgizia) . .12 Spiridonov E.M., Kulikova I.M., Nurmukhametov F.M., Sidorova N.V., Korotaeva N.N., Polenov Y.A., Troshkina A.N. Cogenetic zircon, monazite, xenotime, and fluorapatite from apopicritic phlogopite-magnesite gumbeites at the Berezovsky gold deposit, Urals, Russia . .37 Bazarova Y.М., Kryulina G.Y., Garanin V.K. Polycrystalline clusters of diamond from the Lomonosov deposit, Russia . .56 Terekhov E.P., Mozherovsky A.V., Vashchenkova N.G., Barinov N.N. Authigenic gypsum in rocks at the bottom of Japan and Okhotsk seas . .60 Crystal Chemistry, Minerals as Prototypes of New Materials, Physical and Chemical Properties of Minerals Kulikova I.M., Maximyuk I.E. Morphological study of the means of accommodation of admixture atoms in the crystal structure of molybdenite . .69 Kravchenko T.A. Platinum and palladium sulfides in the crystallization products of melts in the Cu-Fe-S system . .80 On the 150th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Vernadsky Nenasheva S.N. Mineral systematics from V.I. Vernadsky till 21 century . .87 Borutzky B.Ye. Geochemical mineralogy by Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky and the present times . .98 Kuzmin V.I. Vladimir I. Vernadsky and his role in resolution of challenges of nuclear energy utilization in Russia . .113 Mineralogical Museums and Collections Korenyako V.A., Chistyakova M.B. Works of Chinese stone-cutting art at Fersman Mineralogical Museum of Russian Academy of Sciences . .118 Pustovojtova V.A., Pavlova T.M. Diamond collection in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences: short historical review . .135 Belakovskiy D.I. New acquisitions to Fersman Mineralogical Museum in 2011–2012 . .141 Mineralogical Notes Kolisnichenko S.V. Minerals-GiantsoftheSouthUrals .....................................................................157 New Minerals and Their Varieties, New Finds of Rare Minerals, Mineral Paragenesis New Data on Minerals. 2013. Vol. 48 5 2+ LAPTEVITE-(Се) NaFe (REE7Ca5Y3)(SiO4)4(Si3B2PO18)(BO3)F11 – NEW MINERAL1 OF THE VICANITE GROUP FROM THE DARAI-PIOZ ALKALINE MASSIF, TAJIKISTAN Atali A. Agakhanov Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, [email protected] Leonid A. Pautov Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, [email protected] Yulia А. Uvarova CSIRO Earth Science and Engineering, Kensingtone, Australia, [email protected] Elena V. Sokolova Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada, [email protected] Frank C. Hawthorne Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba , Canada, [email protected] Vladimir Yu. Karpenko Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, [email protected] Laptevite-(Ce) is a new mineral of the vicanite group. It was found in a calcite-bafertisite-aegirine-microcline rock in association with stillwellite-(Ce), calcibeborosilite-(Y), fluorite, polylithionite and other minerals at the Darai-Pioz glacier moraine (Tajikistan). Color is dark-brown, in thin plates is transparent. Vitreous luster. It occurs as poorly 3 3 formed crystals up to 1 cm in size. Mohs’ hardness 4.5–5. Dmeas.= 4.61(2) g/cm , Dcalc. = 4.619 g/cm . Optically uniaxial negative, no = 1.741(3), ne= 1.720(3). It is partially metamict. Crystal structure has been refined with R = 3 3.61%. Hexagonal symmetry, space group R3m, a = 10.804(2)Å; b = 10.804(2)Å; c = 27.726(6)Å; V = 2802.7(2)Å , Z = 3. Most intense X-ray powder data lines are as follows [d, (I), (hkl)]: 7.70 (19) (012); 4.41 (29) (202); 3.13 (26) (214); 3.03 (100) (027); 2.982 (85) (125); 2.954 (60) (033); 2.689 (40) (-240); 1.979 (31) (330); 1.770 (21) (-555). IR spectrum (strongest absorption bands, cm–1) 1623, 1437, 1300, 945, 930, 877, 758, 637, 570, 531. Chemical composition (microprobe analysis, wt.%): SiO2 – 15.67, TiO2 – 0.28, ZrO2 – 0.01, ThO2 – 0.38, UO2 – 0.65, FeO – 1.48, CaO – 11.64, MnO – 1.02, SrO – 0.95, Y2O3 – 11.30, La2O3 – 14.51, Ce2O3 – 16.93, Pr2O3 – 2.76, Nd2O3 – 5.16, Sm2O3 – 0.98, Eu2O3 – 0.10, Gd2O3 – 1.56, Tb2O3 – 0.29, Dy2O3 – 1.37, Tm2O3 – 0.17, Yb2O3, – 0.28, B2O3 – 4.98, 2+ P2O5 – 1.51, Na2O – 1.05, F – 8.53, –O=F2 – 3.59, total – 100.46. The simplified formula is NaFe (REE7Ca5Y3) (SiO4)4(Si3B2PO18)(BO3)F11. The mineral is named in honor of Tatyana Mikhaylovna Lapteva (1928–2011), the Soviet geologist, petrographer, who made a major contribution to geological study of Central Asia. 3 table, 4 figures, 13 references. Keywords: laptevite-(Ce), vicanite group, Darai-Pioz alkaline massif. Laptevite-(Ce) was found in a fenitized are devoted to geology and mineralogy of this rock 1 × 0.8 × 0.4 meter in size, from the Upper alkaline massif (Moskvin, 1937; Dusmatov et Darai-Pioz alkaline massif, which occurs in al., 1963; Dusmatov, 1968; 1971; Semenov et al., moraine deposits of the same name glacier 1963; Belakowski, 1991; etc.). The mineralogy (Tajikistan). The Darai-Pioz massif has an of the Upper Darai-Pioz alkaline massif, as well iso meric form; it is located on a joint of the as the majority of alkaline massifs, is extremely Zeravshansky, Alaisky and Turkestansky rid- variable and unique in many respects. As a rule, ges in the upper part of the Darai-Pioz river. A almost all alkaline massifs have characteristic considerable part of the massif is overlain by geochemically distinct features. One feature a glacier, and primary rock exposures on the of the Upper Darai-Pioz alkaline massif is the massif are hardly accessible. In this regard, large variety of B and REE minerals: stillwellite- mineralogy and petrography of the Upper Da- (Ce), tadzhikite-(Ce), tadzhikite-(Y), kapitsaite- rai-Pioz alkaline massif are done on material (Y), calcibeborosilite-(Y), byzantievite. Almost from moraine deposits. Many publications all these minerals, except stillwellite-(Ce), were 1 – It is considered and recommended for publication by the Commission on New Minerals and Names of Minerals of RMO and approved by the Commission on New Minerals, the Nomenclature and Classification of the International Mineralogical Association (CNMNC IMA) on December 2, 2011. 6 New Data on Minerals. 2013.