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Botuobinskite and mirnyite, two new minerals of the crichtonite group included in Cr-pyrope xenocrysts from the Internatsionalnaya kimberlite

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Dmitriy I. Rezvukhin Open the ORCID record for Dmitriy I. Rezvukhin [Opens in a new window] ,
Sergey V. Rashchenko Open the ORCID record for Sergey V. Rashchenko [Opens in a new window] ,
Igor S. Sharygin Open the ORCID record for Igor S. Sharygin [Opens in a new window] ,
Vladimir G. Malkovets Open the ORCID record for Vladimir G. Malkovets [Opens in a new window] ,
Taisia A. Alifirova Open the ORCID record for Taisia A. Alifirova [Opens in a new window] ,
Leonid. A. Pautov ,
Elena N. Nigmatulina  and
Yurii V. Seryotkin
Dmitriy I. Rezvukhin*
Affiliation:
Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Koptyuga Avenue, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
Sergey V. Rashchenko
Affiliation:
Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Koptyuga Avenue, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia Novosibirsk State University, 1 Pirogova Street, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
Igor S. Sharygin
Affiliation:
Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Koptyuga Avenue, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia Institute of the Earth's Crust, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 128 Lermontova Street, Irkutsk 664033, Russia
Vladimir G. Malkovets
Affiliation:
Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Koptyuga Avenue, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia ALROSA (Public Joint-Stock Company), 5 Lenina Street, Mirny 678170, Russia
Taisia A. Alifirova
Affiliation:
Department of Lithospheric Research, University of Vienna, Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2/UZA2, Vienna 1090, Austria
Leonid. A. Pautov
Affiliation:
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 18-2 Leninskiy Avenue, 119071 Moscow, Russia Institute of Mineralogy, South Urals Research Center of Mineralogy and Geoecology, Uralian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Miass 456317, Russia
Elena N. Nigmatulina
Affiliation:
Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Koptyuga Avenue, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
Yurii V. Seryotkin
Affiliation:
Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Koptyuga Avenue, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia Novosibirsk State University, 1 Pirogova Street, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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*Author for correspondence: Dmitriy I. Rezvukhin, Email: m.rezvukhin@igm.nsc.ru, m.rezvukhin@gmail.com
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Abstract

Two new mineral species of the crichtonite group: botuobinskite, ideally SrFe2+(Ti4+12Cr3+6)Mg2[O36(OH)2] and mirnyite, ideally SrZr(Ti4+12Cr3+6)Mg2O38, occur as inclusions in mantle-derived Cr-pyrope xenocrysts from the Internatsionalnaya kimberlite pipe, Mirny field, Siberian craton. Botuobinskite forms needle- and blade-like acicular crystals up to 1 mm in length and up to 30 μm in diameter, a large platy inclusion (700 × 700 × 80 μm) and roughly isometric grains (up to 80 μm). Mirnyite occurs as needle-and blade-like elongated inclusions (up to 1 mm). Both minerals are jet-black, opaque and exhibit a metallic lustre. In plane-polarised reflected light, botuobinskite and mirnyite are greyish-white with a weak brownish tint. Between crossed polars, the new species show distinct anisotropy in shades of bluish grey to greenish-brown. Neither bireflectance nor pleochroism is observed. Calculated densities for botuobinskite and mirnyite are 4.3582(5) and 4.3867(3) gm/cm3, respectively. The crystal structures of botuobinskite and mirnyite have been refined (R = 0.0316 and 0.0285, respectively) from single crystal X-ray diffraction data. The minerals are trigonal, crystallise in the space group R$\bar{3}$ (No. 148) and are isostructural with other members of the crichtonite group. The unit cell parameters are a = 10.3644(8) Å, c = 20.6588(11) Å and V = 1921.9(2) Å3 for botuobinskite and a = 10.3734(8) Å, c = 20.6910 (12) Å and V = 1928.2(2) Å3 for mirnyite, with Z = 3 for both. The Raman spectra of the minerals show strong peaks at 133, 313 and 711 cm–1. Infrared spectroscopy data for botuobinskite indicates H–O stretching of the hydroxyl groups. Botuobinskite and mirnyite have been approved by the IMA–CNMNC under the numbers 2018-143a and 2018-144a, respectively. Botuobinskite and mirnyite are named after the Botuobinskaya exploration expedition and Mirny town, respectively. The minerals may be considered as crystal-chemical analogues of other crichtonite-group species occurring in the lithospheric mantle (i.e. loveringite, lindsleyite and mathiasite). Both species commonly occur in intimate association with Cr-pyrope as well as other peridotitic minerals and exert an important control on the partitioning of incompatible elements during mantle metasomatism.

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botuobinskitemirnyitenew mineralcrichtonite groupinclusionpyropekimberliteInternatsionalnaya pipeSiberian craton
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 87 , Issue 3 , June 2023 , pp. 433 - 442
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland

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Associate Editor: Irina O Galuskina

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