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Stefanweissite, (Ca,REE)2Zr2(Nb,Ti)(Ti,Nb)2Fe2+O14, a new zirconolite-related mineral from the Eifel paleovolcanic region, Germany

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2019

Nikita V. Chukanov ,
Natalia V. Zubkova ,
Igor V. Pekov ,
Marina F. Vigasina ,
Yury S. Polekhovsky ,
Bernd Ternes ,
Willi Schüller ,
Sergey N. Britvin  and
Dmitry Yu. Pushcharovsky
Nikita V. Chukanov*
Affiliation:
Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, 142432Russia
Natalia V. Zubkova
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Igor V. Pekov
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygin str. 19, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Marina F. Vigasina
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Yury S. Polekhovsky
Affiliation:
Institute of Earth Sciences, St Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Nab. 7/9, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia
Bernd Ternes
Affiliation:
Bahnhofstrasse 45, 56727 Mayen, Germany
Willi Schüller
Affiliation:
Im Straußenpesch 22, 53518 Adenau, Germany
Sergey N. Britvin
Affiliation:
Institute of Earth Sciences, St Petersburg State University, Universitetskaya Nab. 7/9, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia Nanomaterials Research Center, Kola Science Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Fersman str. 14, 184209 Apatity, Murmansk region, Russia
Dmitry Yu. Pushcharovsky
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
*
*Author for correspondence: Nikita V. Chukanov, Email: chukanov@icp.ac.ru
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Abstract

The new mineral stefanweissite, IMA2018-020, was discovered in sanidinite volcanic ejecta from the Laach Lake (Laacher See) paleovolcano, Eifel region, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Associated minerals are sanidine, nosean, biotite, augite, titanite, ferriallanite-(La), magnetite, baddeleyite and a pyrochlore-group mineral. Stefanweissite is brown and reddish-brown, with adamantine lustre; the streak is light brown to yellow. It forms long-prismatic crystals up to 0.03 mm × 0.07 mm × 1.0 mm and acicular crystals up to 2 mm long and 0.02 mm thick typically combined in radiated aggregates in cavities in sanidinite. Dcalc. = 5.254 g/cm3. The mean refractive index calculated from the Gladstone–Dale equation is 2.260. The Raman spectrum shows the absence of hydrogen-bearing groups. The chemical composition is (electron microprobe, wt.%): CaO 7.63, MnO 2.51, FeO 7.86, Al2O3 0.25, La2O3 2.28, Ce2O3 6.54, Pr2O3 1.01, Nd2O3 1.59, ThO2 3.71, UO2 1.09, TiO2 17.32, ZrO2 28.03, HfO2 0.91, Nb2O5 19.96, total 99.69. The empirical formula based on 14 O atoms per formula unit is Ca1.13(Ce0.33La0.12Nd0.08Pr0.05)Σ0.58Th0.12U0.03Mn0.29Fe0.91Al0.04Zr1.89Hf0.04Ti1.80Nb1.19O14. The simplified formula is (Ca,REE)2Zr2(Nb,Ti)(Ti,Nb)2Fe2+O14. Stefanweissite is orthorhombic, with space group Cmca. The unit-cell parameters are: a = 7.2896(4) Å, b = 14.1435(5) Å, c = 10.1713(4) Å and V = 1048.68(7) Å3. The crystal structure was solved using single-crystal X-ray diffraction data. Stefanweissite is an analogue of zirconolite-3O with Nb dominant over Ti in one of two octahedral sites. The strongest lines of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d, Å (I, %) (hkl)] are: 2.983(100)(202), 2.897(71)(042), 1.828(38)(154, 400, 333), 1.793(25)(244), 1.767(16)(080), 1.517(10)(282), 1.187(19)(483, 1.11.3, 602). Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, with the registration number 5191/1.

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stefanweissitenew mineralzirconolitelaachitenöggerathite-(Ce)sanidinitecrystal structurealkaline volcanic rockLaacher SeeEifel
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 83 , Issue 4 , August 2019 , pp. 607 - 614
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Copyright © Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2019 

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Associate Editor: Anthony R Kampf

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