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Tugarinovite

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Kudriavy (Kudryavyi) volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Maritime Province, Sakhalinskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
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Formula:
MoO
 
2
System:MonoclinicColour:Dark lilac-brown,
Name:Named after Ivan Alekseevich Tugarinov (b. 1947), geochemist, Vernadskii Institute (Moscow).
This page provides mineralogical data about Tugarinovite.

Classification of Tugarinovite

IMA status:Approved 1979
Strunz 8th edition ID:4/D.28-10
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) edition ID:4.DB.05

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
D : Metal: Oxygen = 1:2 and similar
B : With medium-sized cations; chains of edge-sharing octahedra
Dana 8th edition ID:4.4.15.1

4 : SIMPLE OXIDES
4 : AX2
Hey's CIM Ref.:7.15.1

7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
15 : Oxides of Mo and W
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Type Occurrence of Tugarinovite

Type Locality:Lenskoye (Novoye) Mo-U deposit, Amurskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Year of Discovery:1980

Physical Properties of Tugarinovite

Lustre:Greasy, Metallic
Diaphaneity (Transparency):Opaque
Colour:Dark lilac-brown,
Streak:Greenish gray

Crystallography of Tugarinovite

Crystal System:Monoclinic
Cell Parameters:a = 5.6Å, b = 4.85Å, c = 5.53Å
β = 119.37°
Ratio:a:b:c = 1.155 : 1 : 1.14
Unit Cell Volume:V 130.89 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)

Chemical Properties of Tugarinovite

Formula:
MoO
 
2
Essential elements:Mo, O
All elements listed in formula:Mo, O

Relationship of Tugarinovite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
4.DB.05Argutite
GeO
 
2
4.DB.05Cassiterite
SnO
 
2
4.DB.05Plattnerite
PbO
 
2
4.DB.05Pyrolusite
MnO
 
2
4.DB.05Rutile
TiO
 
2
4.DB.05Tripuhyite
Fe
3+
 
Sb
5+
 
O
 
4
4.DB.05Varlamoffite
(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)
 
2
4.DB.10Byströmite
MgSb
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.10Tapiolite-(Fe)
(Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.10Tapiolite-(Mn)
(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.10Ordoñezite
ZnSb
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.15Akhtenskite
ε-Mn
4+
 
O
 
2
4.DB.15Nsutite
(Mn
4+
 
,Mn
2+
 
)(O,OH)
 
2
4.DB.15Paramontroseite
VO
 
2
4.DB.15Ramsdellite
Mn
4+
 
O
 
2
4.DB.20Scrutinyite
alpha-PbO
 
2
4.DB.25Ishikawaite
U
4+
 
Fe
2+
 
Nb
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.25Ixiolite
(Ta,Nb,Sn,Fe,Mn)
 
4
O
 
8
4.DB.25Samarskite-(Y)
(Y,Fe
3+
 
,Fe
2+
 
,U,Th,Ca)
 
2
(Nb,Ta)
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.25Srilankite
Ti
 
2
ZrO
 
6
4.DB.25Yttrocolumbite-(Y)
Y(U
4+
 
,Fe
2+
 
)Nb
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.25Calciosamarskite
(Ca,Fe
3+
 
,Y)
 
2
(Nb,Ta,Ti)
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.25Iwashiroite-(Y)
Y(Ta,Nb)O
 
4
4.DB.25Samarskite-(Yb)
(Yb,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
(Nb,Ta)
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.25Písekite-(Y)
4.DB.30Ferberite
FeWO
 
4
4.DB.30Hübnerite
MnWO
 
4
4.DB.30Sanmartinite
(Zn,Fe)WO
 
4
4.DB.30Krasnoselskite
CoWO
 
4
4.DB.35Columbite-(Fe)
FeNb
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.35Tantalite-(Fe)
FeTa
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.35Columbite-(Mn)
(Mn,Fe)(Nb,Ta)
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.35Tantalite-(Mn)
MnTa
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.35Columbite-(Mg)
(Mg,Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.35Qitianlingite
(Fe,Mn)
 
2
(Nb,Ta)
 
2
WO
 
10
4.DB.35Magnocolumbite
4.DB.35Tantalite-(Mg)
(Mg,Fe
2+
 
)(Ta,Nb)
 
2
O
 
6
4.DB.40Ferrowodginite
FeSnTa
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.40Lithiotantite
Li(Ta,Nb)
 
3
O
 
8
4.DB.40Lithiowodginite
LiTa
 
3
O
 
8
4.DB.40Titanowodginite
MnTiTa
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.40Wodginite
Mn(Sn,Ta)Ta
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.40Ferrotitanowodginite
Fe
2+
 
TiTa
 
2
O
 
8
4.DB.45Tivanite
VTiO
 
3
(OH)
4.DB.50Carmichaelite
(Ti,Cr,Fe)[O
 
2-x
(OH)
 
x
]
4.DB.55Alumotantite
AlTaO
 
4
4.DB.60Biehlite
((Sb,As)O)
 
2
[MoO
 
4
]
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
7.15.2Molybdite
MoO
 
3
7.15.3Sidwillite
MoO
 
3
·2H
 
2
O
7.15.4Ilsemannite
Mo
 
3
O
 
8
·nH
 
2
O
7.15.5Tungstite
WO
 
3
·H
 
2
O
7.15.6Hydrotungstite
WO
 
3
·2H
 
2
O
7.15.7Meymacite
WO
 
3
·2H
 
2
O
7.15.8Alumotungstite
(W,Al)(O,OH)
 
3
7.15.9Jixianite
Pb(W,Fe
3+
 
)
 
2
(O,OH)
 
7

Other Names for Tugarinovite

Synonyms:
IMA1979-072
German names:
Tugarinovit
Russian names:
Тугариновит
Spanish names:
Tugarinovita

Other Information

Health Warning:No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Tugarinovite

Reference List:Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva (1980): 109: 465-468

American Mineralogist (1981): 66: 438-439.

American Mineralogist (1988): 73: 199.

Australian Journal of Chemistry (1995): 1473.

Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR: 264: 689-693.

Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, Earth Science Sections: 264: 149-152.

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    Localities for Tugarinovite

    (TL) indicates type locality. ? indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. All other localities listed without reference should be considered as uncertain and unproven until references can be found.
    Russia
     
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Amurskaya Oblast'
      • Sakhalinskaya Oblast'
        • Maritime Province
          • Kuril Islands
            • Iturup Island
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