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Mineralogical ClassificationIlyukhinite = IMA 2015-065

3rd Aug 2016 09:21 UTCKnut Edvard Larsen Manager

Chukanov, N. V., Rastsvetaeva, N. K., Rozenberg, K. A., Aksenov, S.M., Pekov, I.V., Belakovsky, D.I., Kristiansen, R., & Van, K.V. (2016) Ilyukhinite, (H3O,Na)14 Ca6 Mn2 Zr3 Si26 O72(OH)3 . 3 H2O,  a new mineral of the eudialyte group. Zapiski Rossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva (Proceedings of the Russian mineralogical society), 145 (2): 44-57 (in Russian).

Abstract:

A new mineral ilyukhinite, ideally (H3O,Na)14Ca6Mn2Zr3Si26O72(OH)2 • 3H2O, has been found in a peralkaline pegmatite at the Mount Kukisvumchorr, Khibiny alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia. It occurs as brownish-orange, with vitreous luster, anhedral grains up to 1 mm across in a hydrothermally altered peralkaline rock, in association with aegirine, murmanite, albite, microcline, rhabdophane-(Ce), fluorite, sphalerite and molybdenite. Mohs' hardness is 5; cleavage is not observed. Dmeas 2.67(2), Dcalc 2.703 g/cm3. Ilyukhinite is optically uniaxial (-): ω = 1.585(2), ε = 1.584(2). IR spectrum is given. The chemical composition of ilyukhinite (wt %; electron microprobe, ranges are given in parentheses; H2O determined by gas chromatography) is: Na2O 3.07 (3.63-4.43), K2O 0.32 (0.28-0.52), CaO 10.63 (10.26-10.90), MnO 3.06 (2.74-3.22), FeO 1.15 (0.93-1.37), La2O3 0.79 (0.51-0.89), Ce2O3 1.21 (0.97-1.44), Nd2O3 0.41 (0.30-0.56), TiO2 0.90 (0.77-1.12), ZrO2 10.94 (10.15-11.21), Nb2O5 1.40 (0.76-1.68), SiO2 51.24 (49.98-52.28), SO3 1.14 (0.89-1.37), Cl 0.27 (0.19-0.38), H2O 10.9(5), -O = C1 -0.06, total 98.27. The empirical formula is: H36.04(Na3.82K0.20)(Ca5.65Ce0.22La0.14Nd0.07)(Mn1.285Fe0.48)(Zr2.645Ti0.34)Nb0.31Si25.41S0.42Cl0.23O86.82. The crystal structure is solved (R= 0.046). Ilyukhinite is trigonal, R3m; а = 14.1695(6) Å, с = 31.026(1) Å, V= 5394.7(7) Å3, Z = 3. The strongest reflections of the powder X-ray diffraction pattern [d, Å (I, %) (hlk)] are: 11.44 (82) (101), 7.09 (70) (110), 6.02 (44) (021), 4.371 (89) (205), 3.805 (47) (303, 033), 3.376 (41) (131), 2.985 (100) (315, 128), 2.852 (92) (404). Ilyukhinite was named in memory of the outstanding Russian crystallographer Vladimir V. Ilyukhin (1934-1982). Type specimen is deposited in collections of the Geological Museum, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway.


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