Loveringite

Loveringite

Lohning quarry, Rauris, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria

Loveringite, etc.

Biggejavri, Kautokeino, Troms og Finnmark, Norway

Loveringite

Lohning quarry, Rauris, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria

Loveringite, etc.

Biggejavri, Kautokeino, Troms og Finnmark, Norway

Loveringite

Lohning quarry, Rauris, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria

Loveringite, etc.

Biggejavri, Kautokeino, Troms og Finnmark, Norway

About LoveringiteHide

John F. Lovering

Formula:

(Ca,Ce,La)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)₁₈O₃₈

Colour:

Black

Lustre:

Metallic, Sub-Metallic

Hardness:

5

Specific Gravity:

4.42 (Calculated)

Crystal System:

Trigonal

Member of:

Crichtonite Group

Name:

Named in 1978 by Bryan M. Gatehouse, Ian E. Grey, Ian H. Campbell, and Patrick Kelly in honor of John Francis Lovering (27 March 1930 – ), Australian geochemist and professor at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, for his work on fission-track methods in geochemistry.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Jimberlana Intrusion, Norseman, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia

A member of the Crichtonite Group.

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0000609	Loveringite	Gatehouse B M, Grey I E, Campbell I H, Kelly P R (1978) The crystal structure of loveringite - a new member of the crichtonite group American Mineralogist 63 28-36		1978		0	293
0005542	Loveringite	Peterson R C (1998) The stability and crystal chemistry of synthetic loveringite in the system Ca-Mn-Ti-O under strongly reducing conditions The Canadian Mineralogist 36 763-774		1998		0	293
0005543	Loveringite	Peterson R C (1998) The stability and crystal chemistry of synthetic loveringite in the system Ca-Mn-Ti-O under strongly reducing conditions The Canadian Mineralogist 36 763-774		1998		0	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to closedata_global _chemical_name_mineral 'Loveringite' loop_ _publ_author_name 'Gatehouse B M' 'Grey I E' 'Campbell I H' 'Kelly P R' _journal_name_full 'American Mineralogist' _journal_volume 63 _journal_year 1978 _journal_page_first 28 _journal_page_last 36 _publ_section_title ; The crystal structure of loveringite - a new member of the crichtonite group ; _database_code_amcsd 0000609 _chemical_formula_sum 'Ca.72 La.33 U.05 Zr.58 Mg.92 Fe3.43 Cr2.238 V.21 Ti12.474 Al.384 O38' _cell_length_a 9.117 _cell_length_b 9.117 _cell_length_c 9.117 _cell_angle_alpha 69.07 _cell_angle_beta 69.07 _cell_angle_gamma 69.07 _cell_volume 637.788 _exptl_crystal_density_diffrn 4.416 _symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'R -3' loop_ _space_group_symop_operation_xyz 'x,y,z' '-z,-x,-y' 'y,z,x' '-x,-y,-z' 'z,x,y' '-y,-z,-x' loop_ _atom_site_label _atom_site_fract_x _atom_site_fract_y _atom_site_fract_z _atom_site_occupancy _atom_site_U_iso_or_equiv Ca0 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.72000 0.02672 La0 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.23000 0.02672 U0 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.05000 0.02672 Zr1 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 0.58000 0.00975 La1 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 0.10000 0.00975 Mg1 0.50000 0.50000 0.50000 0.32000 0.00975 Mg2 0.31090 0.31090 0.31090 0.30000 0.00874 Fe2 0.31090 0.31090 0.31090 0.62000 0.00874 Cr3 0.34754 0.12318 0.02156 0.37300 0.00912 V3 0.34754 0.12318 0.02156 0.03500 0.00912 Fe3 0.34754 0.12318 0.02156 0.36500 0.00912 Ti3 0.34754 0.12318 0.02156 0.14300 0.00912 Ti4 0.30841 0.72081 0.14588 0.96800 0.00798 Al4 0.30841 0.72081 0.14588 0.03200 0.00798 Ti5 0.47612 0.08155 0.63977 0.96800 0.00950 Al5 0.47612 0.08155 0.63977 0.03200 0.00950 O1 0.30580 0.62690 0.38010 1.00000 0.01165 O2 0.15230 0.23780 0.93930 1.00000 0.01444 O3 0.92110 0.45710 0.30020 1.00000 0.00595 O4 0.14270 0.51490 0.99080 1.00000 0.01469 O5 0.39010 0.48960 0.13450 1.00000 0.01406 O6 0.71040 0.24100 0.06990 1.00000 0.00697 O7 0.21200 0.21200 0.21200 1.00000 0.00697

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- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for references and further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.

Algeria
In Guezzam Province In Guezzam District Laouni ⓘ Laouni West intrusion	J.P. Lorand and J.Y. Cottin
Australia (TL)
Western Australia Dundas Shire Norseman ⓘ Jimberlana Intrusion (TL)	[Nickel & Nichols +2 other references
Austria
Salzburg Zell am See District Rauris ⓘ Lohning quarry (Lohninger quarry) ?	Lapis 2003 (1) +1 other reference
Finland
Lapland Sodankylä Kevitsansarvi (Keivitsansarvi) ⓘ Kevitsa Ni-Cu-PGE mine	Mutanen (1997)
North Ostrobothnia Pudasjärvi ⓘ Rometölväs reef	Karinen
France
French Southern and Antarctic Lands ⓘ Kerguelen Islands	Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. et al. (1995)
Italy
Liguria Genoa Moneglia ⓘ Bracco	Canadian Mineralogist 35 (1997)
Northwest Africa Meteorites
ⓘ Northwest Africa 8182 Lunar meteorite (NWA 8182)	Ai-Cheng Zhang +1 other reference
Norway
Troms og Finnmark Kautokeino ⓘ Biggejavri	Svein (1988)
Russia
Murmansk Oblast Fedorovo-Pansky massif (Pana layered complex) Last-Yavr intrusion ⓘ Drill hole No 72	a second occurrence in Russia. Norsk ... +1 other reference
Khibiny Massif ⓘ Kaskasnyunchorr Mountain	maurice.strahlen.org (2003)
Lovchorr Mt ⓘ Pyrrhotite gorge	Kompanchenko et al. (2018)
Saudi Arabia
Medina Region ⓘ Khamal Layered Mafic Intrusion	Abuamarah et al. (2023)
Zimbabwe
Mashonaland West Chegutu District ⓘ Hartley Mine	Stribrny et al. (2000) +1 other reference