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. In “Personalities” section there is article on A.E. Fersman’s Uralian expeditions and on his role in the organization of the Ilmeny State Reserve; arcticle on the life and the activity of Professor G.P. Barsanov, the director of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in 1952–1976. “Mineralogical Notes” section is devoted to Fe-dominant Bogdanovite from cementation zone of the Aginsky gold- telluride deposit, Kamchatka; and on the find of Mackinawite inclusions in grossular at the Talnakh Achtarandite locality. In “Discussions” section there is a paper on problems of species formation in mineralogy where minerals of variable composition and with variable structure are discussed on the example of eudialyte-eucolites. The volume is interesting for mineralogists, geochemists, geologists, collaborators of Natural History museums, col- lectors and minerals-amateurs. EditorinChief Margarita I. Novgorodova, Doctor in Science, Professor Executive Editor Elena A. Borisova, Ph. D. Editorial Evgeniy 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 Photo: Michael B. Leybov, Natalia А. Pekova Leader of Publishing Group Michael B. Leybov Executive Editor Ludmila A. Cheshko Art Editor Nikolai O. Parlashkevich Editor Andrey L. Cheshko, Alexander A. Prokubovsky Translators Il’ya Anisimov, Maria S. Alferova, Ivan S. Baksheev, Mark V. Fed’kin, Boris Z. Kantor, Alexander S. Yakubchuk Editors of Style(English) Peter Modreski, Patricia A.S. Gray, Frank C. Hawthorne Design (idea) Dmitrii Ershov Layout Ivan A. Glazov and Alexey A. Ludin Authorized for printing by the Institution of Russian Academy of Sciences – Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS У Text, photos, drawings, Institution of Russian Academy of Sciences – Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS, 2008 У Design AlLTUM Ltd, 2008 Published by Institution of Russian Academy of Sciences – Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS ALTUM Ltd bld. 18, korpus 2, Leninskiy Prospekt Box 71 Moscow 119071 Russia Moscow 117556 Russia Phone: 74959520067; fax: 74959524850 Phone/fax: +74956294812 email: [email protected]; www.fmm.ru email: [email protected]; www.minbook.com Printed in Russia Circulation 300 copies CONTENTS New Minerals and Their Varieties, New Finds of Rare Minerals, Mineral Paragenesis Assemblages Agakhanov A.A., Pautov L.A., Uvarova Y.A., Sokolova E., Hawthorne, Frank C., Karpenko V.Y. 2+ Nalivkinite Li2NaFe7 Ti2(Si8O24)O2(OH)4F, a New Mineral of the Astrophyllite Group from the Darai-Pioz Massif, Tadjikistan, . .5 Kiseleva G.D., Kovalenker V.A., Trubkin N.V., Borisovsky S.E., and Mokhov A.V. Rare Minerals of In, Сd, Mo, and W in Gold-base Metal Veins of the Bugdaya Au-Mо(W)-porphyry Deposit, Eastern Transbaikalia, Russia . .13 Sidorenko G.A., Chistyakova N.I., Doinikova O.A., Chukanov N.V., Naumova I.S., Kuzmin V.I. Black Powellite from Molybdenum-Uranium Deposit . .23 Azarova Yu.V., Shlyukova Z.V. Corundum-bearing Pegmatite of Crossing Trend of Eevolution of the Khibiny Massif and their Role in Reconstruction of Parental Rocks of Host Pre-Proterozoic Hornfels . .31 Povarennykh M.Yu. Typomorphism of the Columbite-Tantalite Group Minerals in the Rare-Metal Tantalum-bearing Amazonite-Albite Granites . .37 Chernikov A.A., Dubinchuk V.T., Tolkachev A.E., Chistyakova N.I., and Nechelyustov G.N. Mineralogical and Geochemical Features of Deposits in the Southeastern Transbaikalia for Local Forecast of Uranium Ore . .45 Crystal Chemistry, Minerals as Prototypes of New Materials, Physical and Chemical Properties of Minerals Yamnova N.A., Egorov-Tismenko, Yu.K., Gobechiya E.R., Zadov A.E., Gazeev V.M. New Data on Polymorphs of Anhydrous Dicalcium Orthosilicate . .54 Chukanov N.V., Rozenberg K.A., Rastsvetaeva R.K., Möckel Steffen New Data on Titanium-rich Biotite: a Problem of “Wodanite” . .72 Mineralogical Museums and Collections Matvienko E.N. Collection of Mining Engineer I.N. Kryzhanovsky . .79 Generalov M.E. Fabergé Eggs for Everyone. Point of Value . .86 Kuzmin V.I., Skorobogatova N.V. To the History of Discovery of Some National Deposits by Collection’s Specimens . .90 Borisova E.A., Pavlova T.M., Evseev A.A. «Amusing Mineralogy» in Stone: the Exhibition Devoted to Alexander E. Fersman’s 125th Anniversary . .97 Belakovskiy D.I. and Pekova N.A. The Review of Fersman Mineralogical Museum Acquisitions in 2006–2008 . .109 Personalities Butorina L.A. Alexander E. Fersman in the Ilmeny Mountains . .125 Chistyakova M.B. G.P. Barsanov – the Director of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum (1952–1976) . .132 Gur’eva E.Ya. Georgiy Pavlovich Barsanov as I Remember Him . .138 Mineralogical Notes Spiridonov E.M. Fe-dominant Bogdanovite from Cementation Zone of the Aginsky Gold-Telluride Deposit, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia . .144 Alferova M.S. About Mackinawite Inclusions in Grossular Crystals at the Talnakh (Mt. Otdel’naya) Achtarandite Locality . .147 Discussions Borutzky B.Ye. The Essays on Fundamental and Genetic Mineralogy: 3. Minerals of Variable Composition with Variable Structure and Problems of Species Formation in Mineralogy. Eudialyte-Eucolites . .149 Alferova M.S. International Scientific Conference “Fersman Days” and its youth session “Fersmaniada” devoted to the 125th anniversary of academician Alexander E. Fersman . .174 Manuscript preparation guide for the journal “New Data on Minerals” . .175 New Minerals and Their Varieties, New Finds of Rare Minerals, Mineral Paragenesis Assemblages New Data on Minerals. М., 2008. Volume 43 5 1 2+ NALIVKINITE , Li2NaFe7 Ti2(Si8O24)O2(OH)4F, A NEW MINERAL OF THE ASTROPHYLLITE GROUP FROM THE DARAI-PIOZ MASSIF, TADJIKISTAN Atali A. Agakhanov Fersman Mineralogical Museum, RAS, Moscow, [email protected] Leonid A. Pautov Fersman Mineralogical Museum, RAS, Moscow, [email protected] Yulia A. Uvarova Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Elena Sokolova University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Frank C. Hawthorne University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada Vladimir Y. Karpenko Fersman Mineralogical Museum, RAS, Moscow, [email protected] Nalivkinite, a new astrophyllite-group mineral, was discovered in the moraine of the Darai-Pioz alkaline massif located at the intersection of the Zeravshansky, Turkestansky and Alaisky Ridges, Tadjikistan. Nalivkinite occurs in the amphibole-quartz-feldspar rock in association with calcybeborosilite-(Y), bafertisite, jinshajiangite, zircon and thorite. Nalivkinite is brown with a bronze hue and a vitreous luster; in thin plates, it is transparent. Mohs hard- 3 3 ness is 3, Dmeas. = 3.32(2) g/cm , Dcalc. = 3.315 g/cm . It is biaxial positive, np = 1.703(2), nm= 1.716(2), ng =1.745(2), 2Vmeas. = +68(2)°, 2Vcalc. = +68.6°. Nalivkinite is triclinic, space group P1, a = 5.3745(6) Å; b = 11.9299(15) Å; c = 11.6509(14) Å; a =113.325(3)°, b = 94.524(2)°, g = 103.080(2)°, V = 656.2(2) Å3, Z = 1. Cell dimensions refined from X-ray powder diffraction data are as follows: a = 5.3707(2) Å; b = 11.9327(5) Å; c = 11.6546(4) Å; a =113.384(1)°, b = 94.547(1)°, 103.047(1)°, V = 655.85(2) Å3. The strongest reflections in the X-ray powder diffraction powder pattern are as follows: [(d, Å), (I, %), (hkl)]: 10.56 (100) (001), 3.50 (100) (003), 2.780 (80) (1–42), 2.648 (45) (211), 2578 (70)(130), 2.474 (15) (212), 2.295 (30) (131), 2.106 (35) (142), 1.760 (30) (133), 1.660 (15) (0–73). The infrared spectrum of nalivkinite is similar to that of astrophyllite, and the strongest lines are as follows (cm–1): 3600, 1621, 1077(sh), 1056, 975, 929, 696, 649, 566, 441, 438. The chemical composition (electron microprobe, wt. %, Li2O and Rb2O by ICP OES, H2O by the Penfield method): Al2O3 – 0.67, SiO2 – 35.92, TiO2 – 10.50, Nb2O5 – 1.68, CaO – 1.29, MgO – 0.09, MnO – 5.26, FeO – 32.76, Na2O – 1.62, K2O – 2.49, Li2O – 3.76, Cs2O – 1.40, Rb2O – 0.85, H2O – 3.13, F – 0.75, O=F2 – 0.32, total – 100.04. The empirical formula of nalivkinite is 2+ (Li1.03K0.69Cs0.13Rb0.12)1.97(Na0.69Ca0.30)0.99(Fe5.97Mn0.97Mg0.03)6.97(Ti1.72Nb0.16Zr0.08)1.96[Si7.83Al0.17]8O25.98OH4.07 (F0.52OH0.48)1.00 2+ and the ideal formula is Li2NaFe7 Ti2(Si8O24)O2(OH)4F.