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Goldmanite

A valid IMA mineral species

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Rybníček, Pezinok, Pezinok District, Bratislava Region, Slovakia

Goldmanite

Rybníček, Pezinok, Pezinok District, Bratislava Region, Slovakia

Goldmanite, etc.

Am Schuß quarry, Am Schuß, Weiten, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria

Goldmanite, etc.

Rybníček, Pezinok, Pezinok District, Bratislava Region, Slovakia

Goldmanite

Rybníček, Pezinok, Pezinok District, Bratislava Region, Slovakia

Goldmanite, etc.

Am Schuß quarry, Am Schuß, Weiten, Melk District, Lower Austria, Austria

Goldmanite, etc.

Rybníček, Pezinok, Pezinok District, Bratislava Region, Slovakia

Goldmanite

Rybníček, Pezinok, Pezinok District, Bratislava Region, Slovakia

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About GoldmaniteHide

Marcus I. Goldman

Formula:

Ca₃V³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃

Colour:

Green, brownish-green

Lustre:

Vitreous

Hardness:

6 - 7

Specific Gravity:

3.74 - 3.77

Crystal System:

Isometric

Member of:

Garnet Group > Garnet Supergroup

Name:

Named in 1964 by Robert H. Moench and Robert Meyrowitz in honor of Marcus Isaac Goldman (11 January 1881, New York, New York, USA - 2 October 1965, Washington D.C., USA), sedimentary petrologist with the United States Geological Survey. He, along with A. C. Spencer, studied the Entrada Sandstone, the host rock at the type locality.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Unnamed prospect pit, Sandy Mine, Laguna subdistrict, Cibola County, New Mexico, USA

Isostructural with:

Garnet Group

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

1723

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:1723:3

GUID
(UUID V4):

c4bb96aa-53de-4b5d-8082-7357e44a74a4

IMA Classification of GoldmaniteHide

IMA status:

Approved

Approval year:

1963

First published:

1964

Type description reference:

Moench, R.H. and Meyrowitz, R. (1964) Goldmanite, a vanadium garnet from Laguna, New Mexico. American Mineralogist: 49: 644-655.

Classification of GoldmaniteHide

Strunz-mindat (2024):

9.AD.25

9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
A : Nesosilicates
D : Nesosilicates without additional anions; cations in [6] and/or greater coordination

Dana 8th ed.:

51.4.3b.4

51 : NESOSILICATES Insular SiO₄ Groups Only
4 : Insular SiO₄ Groups Only with cations in [6] and >[6] coordination

Hey's CIM Ref.:

14.14.3

14 : Silicates not Containing Aluminum
14 : Silicates of V and Bi

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Please only use the official IMA–CNMNC symbol. Older variants are listed for historical use only.

Symbol	Source	Reference
Glm	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43
Glm	The Canadian Mineralogist (2019)	The Canadian Mineralogist (2019) The Canadian Mineralogist list of symbols for rock- and ore-forming minerals (December 30, 2019). download

Physical Properties of GoldmaniteHide

Lustre:

Vitreous

Transparency:

Transparent

Colour:

Green, brownish-green

Streak:

White

Hardness:

6 - 7 on Mohs scale

Cleavage:

None Observed

Density:

3.74 - 3.77 g/cm³ (Measured) 3.76 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of GoldmaniteHide

Type:

Isotropic

RI values:

n = 1.821(1)

Birefringence:

Isotropic minerals have no birefringence

Surface Relief:

Very High

Comments:

Isotropic to weakly anisotropic

Chemistry of GoldmaniteHide

Mindat Formula:

Ca₃V³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃

Elements listed:

Ca, O, Si, V - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Common Impurities:

Cr,Mn,Mg

Crystallography of GoldmaniteHide

Crystal System:

Isometric

Class (H-M):

m3m (4/m 3 2/m) - Hexoctahedral

Space Group:

Ia3d

Setting:

Ia3d

Cell Parameters:

a = 12.06 Å

Unit Cell V:

1,754.05 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0000245	Goldmanite	Novak G A, Gibbs G V (1971) The crystal chemistry of the silicate garnets sample Go American Mineralogist 56 791-823		1971	Laguna Uranium mining district, New Mexico, USA	0	293
0004491	Goldmanite	Uher P, Kovacik M, Kubis M, Shtukenberg A, Ozdin D (2008) Metamorphic vanadian-chromian silicate mineralization in carbon-rich amphicole schists from the Male Karpaty Mountains, Western Carpathians, Slovakia American Mineralogist 93 63-73		2008	Pezinok-Pernek crystalline complex, Male Karpaty Mountains, Slovakia	0	293

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V   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.60000
Al   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.24000
Fe   0.00000   0.00000   0.00000   0.16000
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X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
2.688 Å	(100)
3.005 Å	(65)
1.607 Å	(49)
2.453 Å	(38)
1.951 Å	(22)
1.667 Å	(18)
2.357 Å	(16)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 2: Planetesimal differentiation and alteration	4.566-4.550
6 : Secondary asteroid phases	4.566-4.560
High-𝑇 alteration and/or metamorphism
31 : Thermally altered carbonate, phosphate, and iron formations
Stage 5: Initiation of plate tectonics	<3.5-2.5
40 : Regional metamorphism (greenschist, amphibolite, granulite facies)

Type Occurrence of GoldmaniteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Unnamed prospect pit, Sandy Mine, Laguna subdistrict, Cibola County, New Mexico, USA

General Appearance of Type Material:

As dodecahedra, to 0.1 mm

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian), Washington, D.C., USA, 121717, 121953.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Quartz	Calcite	Diopside	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite
Epidote	Grossular	Andradite	Biotite	Spinel
Plagioclase	Pyrrhotite	Roscoelite	Montmorillonite

Reference:

Moench, R.H. and Meyrowitz, R. (1964) Goldmanite, a vanadium garnet from Laguna, New Mexico. American Mineralogist: 49: 644-655.

Download:

http://rruff.info/rruff_1.0/uploads/AM49_644.pdf

Synonyms of GoldmaniteHide

IMA1963-003

Other Language Names for GoldmaniteHide

German:Goldmanit

Russian:Голдманит

Simplified Chinese:钙钒榴石

Spanish:Goldmanita

Varieties of GoldmaniteHide

Manganese-bearing Goldmanite

Relationship of Goldmanite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Garnet Group > Garnet Supergroup

Other Members of this group:

Almandine	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
Andradite	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
Blythite	Mn²⁺₃Mn³⁺₂[SiO₄]₃
Calderite	Mn²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
Eringaite	Ca₃Sc₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
Grossular	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
Khoharite	Mg₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃
Knorringite	Mg₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
Majorite	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
Menzerite-(Y)	(Y₂Ca)Mg₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
Momoiite	Mn²⁺₃V³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
Morimotoite	Ca₃(TiFe²⁺)(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
Pyrope	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
Skiagite	Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂[SiO₄]₃
Spessartine	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
Uvarovite	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

10 photos of Goldmanite associated with Pyrite	FeS₂
4 photos of Goldmanite associated with Pyrrhotite	Fe_1-xS
4 photos of Goldmanite associated with Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂
3 photos of Goldmanite associated with Poppiite	Ca₂V³⁺V³⁺₂[Si₂O₆OH][SiO₄](OH)₂O
3 photos of Goldmanite associated with Quartz	SiO₂
3 photos of Goldmanite associated with Graphite	C
2 photos of Goldmanite associated with Kaolinite Subgroup	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄
2 photos of Goldmanite associated with Chamosite	(Fe²⁺)₅Al(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈
2 photos of Goldmanite associated with Sphalerite	ZnS
1 photo of Goldmanite associated with Albite	Na(AlSi₃O₈)

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

9.AD.	Adrianite	Ca₁₂(Al₄Mg₃Si₇)O₃₂Cl₆	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d
9.AD.05	Larnite	Ca₂SiO₄	Mon. 2/m
9.AD.10	Calcio-olivine	Ca₂SiO₄	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
9.AD.15	Merwinite	Ca₃Mg(SiO₄)₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
9.AD.20	Bredigite	Ca₇Mg(SiO₄)₄	Orth. mm2 : Pnn2
9.AD.25	Andradite	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Almandine	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Calderite	Mn²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Grossular	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Henritermierite	Ca₃Mn³⁺₂(SiO₄)₂[◻(OH)₄]	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4₁/acd
9.AD.25	Kimzeyite	Ca₃Zr₂(SiO₄)(AlO₄)₂	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Knorringite	Mg₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Majorite	Mg₃(MgSi)(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Morimotoite	Ca₃(TiFe²⁺)(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Pyrope	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Schorlomite	Ca₃Ti₂(SiO₄)(Fe³⁺O₄)₂	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Spessartine	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Uvarovite	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Wadalite	(Ca,Mg)₆(Al,Fe³⁺)₄((Si,Al)O₄)₃O₄Cl₃	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d
9.AD.25 va	Hydrougrandite	(Ca,Mg,Fe²⁺)₃(Fe³⁺,Al)₂[(OH)₄(SiO₄)₂]	Iso.
9.AD.25 va	Yamatoite	(Mn²⁺,Ca)₃(V³⁺,Al)₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso.
9.AD.25	Holtstamite	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₂[◻(OH)₄]	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4₁/acd
9.AD.25	Khoharite	Mg₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃
9.AD.25	Kerimasite	Ca₃Zr₂(SiO₄)(Fe³⁺O₄)₂	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Toturite	Ca₃Sn₂(SiO₄)(Fe³⁺O₄)₂	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Momoiite	Mn²⁺₃V³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Eringaite	Ca₃Sc₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Irinarassite	Ca₃Sn₂(SiO₄)(AlO₄)₂	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Menzerite-(Y)	(Y₂Ca)Mg₂(SiO₄)₃	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	Eltyubyuite	Ca₁₂Fe³⁺₁₀Si₄O₃₂Cl₆	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d
9.AD.25	Blythite	Mn²⁺₃Mn³⁺₂[SiO₄]₃
9.AD.25	Skiagite	Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂[SiO₄]₃
9.AD.25	Hutcheonite	Ca₃Ti₂(SiO₄)(AlO₄)₂	Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d
9.AD.25	UM1984-37-SiO:CrMn	Mn²⁺₃Cr³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃
9.AD.25	Rubinite	Ca₃Ti³⁺₂Si₃O₁₂	Iso.
9.AD.25	Nikmelnikovite	Ca₁₂(Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₃Al₃◻)[SiO₄]₆[◻(OH)₄]₅◻₄	Trig. 3 : R3
9.AD.30 va	Auerlite	near Th(Si,P)O₄
9.AD.30	Coffinite	U(SiO₄) · nH₂O	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4₁/amd
9.AD.30	Hafnon	HfSiO₄	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4₁/amd
9.AD.30	Thorite	Th(SiO₄)	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4₁/amd
9.AD.30	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4₁/amd
9.AD.30	Stetindite-(Ce)	Ce(SiO₄)	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I4₁/amd
9.AD.35	Huttonite	ThSiO₄	Mon. 2/m
9.AD.35	Tombarthite-(Y)	Y₄(Si,H₄)₄O_12-x(OH)_4+2x	Mon.
9.AD.40	Eulytine	Bi₄(SiO₄)₃	Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d
9.AD.45	Reidite	ZrSiO₄	Tet. 4/m : I4₁/a
9.AD.55	Jeffbenite	Mg₃Al₂Si₃O₁₂	Tet. 4 2m : I4 2d

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References for GoldmaniteHide

Reference List:

Moench, R.H. and Meyrowitz, R. (1964) Goldmanite, a vanadium garnet from Laguna, New Mexico. American Mineralogist: 49: 644-655.

Ito, J. (1965). Synthesis of vanadium silicates: haradaite, goldmanite and roscoelite. Mineralogical Journal, 4(4), 299-316.

Novak, G.A., Gibbs, G.V. (1971) The crystal chemistry of the silicate garnets. American Mineralogist: 56: 791-825.

Benkerrou, C. and Fonteilles, M. (1989) Vanadian garnets in calcareous metapelites and skarns at Coat-an-Noz, Belle-Isle-en-Terre (Cotes du Nord), France. American Mineralogist: 74: 852-858.

Hallsworth, C.R., Livingstone, A. and Morton, A.C. (1992) Detrital goldmanite from the Palaeocene of the North Sea. Mineralogical Magazine: 56: 117-120.

Jeong, G.Y., Kim, Y.H. (1999) Goldmanite from the black slates of the Ogcheon belt, Korea. Mineralogical Magazine: 63: 253-256.

Milman, V., Winkler, B., Nobes, R.H., Akhmatchaya, E.V., Pickard, C.J., White, J.A. (2000) Garnets: structure, compressibility, dynamics, and disorder. Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society: 52(7): 22-25.

Teertstra, D.K. (2006) Index-of-refraction and unit-cell constraints on cation valence and pattern of order in garnet-group minerals. The Canadian Mineralogist: 44: 341-346.

Uher, P., Kovácik, M., Kubiš, M., Shtukenberg, A., Ozdín, D. (2008) Metamorphic vanadian-chromian silicate mineralization in carbon-rich amphibole schists from the Malé Karpaty Mountains, Western Carpathians, Slovakia. American Mineralogist: 93: 63-73.

Grew, E. S., Locock, A. J., Mills, S. J., Galuskina, I. O., Galuskin, E. V., Hålenius, U. (2013) Nomenclature of the garnet supergroup. American Mineralogist, 98 (4) 785-811 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4201

(2023) Goldmanite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

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Australia
Western Australia Yilgarn Shire Marvel Loch ⓘ Nevoria Gold Mine	Mueller et al. (1991)

Austria
Lower Austria Melk District Weiten Am Schuß ⓘ Am Schuß quarry	Kolitsch et al. (2022)

Canada
Nunavut Qikiqtaaluk Region Melville Peninsula ⓘ Ingiqqanilik Lake Area	Can. Museum of Nature XRD WDS

China
Shaanxi Baoji Taibai County ⓘ Shuangwang Au deposit	Jingwen Mao et al. (2002) +2 other references
Zhejiang Hangzhou Jiande City ⓘ Anren Mine	www.mining120.com (2016)
Yuhang District ⓘ Luniao Mine	Huijin Lu and Jian Wang (2005)

Czech Republic
Plzeň Region Klatovy District Bezděkov ⓘ Struhadlo U mineralisation	Litochleb
Plzeň-South District Prádlo ⓘ Novotníky	Černý P. et al. (2009)

France
Brittany Côtes-d'Armor Guingamp ⓘ Belle-Isle-en-Terre	Benkerrou et al. (1989)

Italy
Liguria Genoa Ne Reppia ⓘ Gambatesa Mine	415 (354) +1 other reference

Japan
Ehime Prefecture Saijo City ⓘ Kurase mine	Tanaka et al. (2010)
Fukui Prefecture Mikatakaminaka District Wakasa-cho ⓘ Fujii mine	Alfredo Petrov collection
Kagoshima Prefecture Oshima District Yamato village ⓘ Yamato mine	Manganoan goldmanite here previously ... +1 other reference

Madagascar
Atsimo-Andrefana ⓘ Green Giant Vanadium Property	Cecco (2013) +1 other reference

Namibia
Erongo Region Dâures Constituency ⓘ Tubussis Farm 22	von Bezing (2007)

North Sea


Norway
Trøndelag Oppdal Vinstradalen ⓘ ~~Vinstra River skarn locality~~	Witsø (1994)

Russia
Irkutsk Oblast Lake Baikal area Slyudyanka ⓘ Pereval marble quarry	Pekov (1998) +2 other references
Kemerovo Oblast Gornaya Shoria Region Tashelga River ⓘ Tashelginskoye Fe-(Co) deposit	Pekov (1998)
Murmansk Oblast Khibiny Massif Lovchorr Mt ⓘ Pyrrhotite gorge	Karpov S.M. et al. (2012) +2 other references

Slovakia
Bratislava Region Pezinok District Pezinok ⓘ Ferdinand and Augustín Mine	Uher P.
ⓘ Rybníček	Koděra (1986) +1 other reference
Trenčín Region Bánovce nad Bebravou District Čierna Lehota ⓘ Pyrite-pyrrhotite occurrence	Bačík P. et al. (2018)

South Korea
Gyeonggi Province ⓘ Deokpyeong area	Jeong et al. (1999) +1 other reference
North Chungcheong Province Goesan County ⓘ Dukpyungri	Gi Young Jeong (2006)

Spain

Catalonia Tarragona Conca de Barberà Vimbodí i Poblet ⓘ Bosc de Poblet	C. Canet et al.

Switzerland
Grisons Viamala Region Ferrera Ausserferrera ⓘ Fianel	EDXS analyses by P. Roth +1 other reference

USA
Kansas Decatur County ⓘ Leoville meteorite (Leoville CV3 chondrite)	Simon et al. (1992)
New Jersey Sussex County Andover Township ⓘ Sulphur Hill Mine (Sulfur Hill Mine)	Volkert
Ogdensburg ⓘ Franklin Marble	Dunn (1995)
Sterling Hill ⓘ Sterling Mine	Dunn et al. (1990) +1 other reference
New Mexico Cibola County ⓘ Laguna subdistrict	Northrop et al. (1996)
ⓘ Sandy mine	Northrop et al. (1996)
ⓘ Unnamed prospect pit (TL)	Moench et al. (1964)
Wyoming Carbon County ⓘ Cooper Hill District	W. Dan Hausel (1994)

Uzbekistan
Navoiy Uchkuduk area ⓘ Altynsai gold occurrences

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