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Microlite Group from
Harding Mine, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:'Microlite Group' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:A2-mTa2X6-wZ-n
Confirmation
Validity:Confirmed
Confirmation Methods:Wet Chemical
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Lepidoliteⓘ8 photos of Microlite Group associated with Lepidolite at this locality.
Smoky Quartzⓘ4 photos of Microlite Group associated with Smoky Quartz at this locality.
Zirconⓘ3 photos of Microlite Group associated with Zircon at this locality.
Cleavelanditeⓘ3 photos of Microlite Group associated with Cleavelandite at this locality.
Fluorapatiteⓘ1 photo of Microlite Group associated with Fluorapatite at this locality.
Albiteⓘ1 photo of Microlite Group associated with Albite at this locality.
Quartzⓘ1 photo of Microlite Group associated with Quartz at this locality.
Lithian Muscoviteⓘ1 photo of Microlite Group associated with Lithian Muscovite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Microlite Group data
Locality Data:Click here to view Harding Mine, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (15 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:697791
Long-form Identifier:1:3:697791:7
GUID (UUID V4):2ccf8e4a-ee16-44a8-ba34-631484db6240
Nearest other occurrences of Microlite Group
38.5km (23.9 miles) ⓘNambe deposit, Cribbenville area, Petaca Mining District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, USA
41.7km (25.9 miles) ⓘPidlite deposit, Mora County, New Mexico, USA
References
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Antimony-bearing Oxidized Minerals from the Jetty Mine, Anaconda, Montana Frank Dudás (foldudas@verizon...two notes documenting the mineralogy of the Jetty Mine, near Anaconda, Montana (Figure 1), focuses on the...report on the sulfides and sulfosalts of the Jetty Mine appeared in Mineral News last year (Dec., 2021)...antimony-bearing secondary minerals. The Silver Reef Mine north of Garrison produced material that was characterized...2) A Favorite Specimen From the Harding Mine, Taos Co., New Mexico Bob Werner – werner@lcturbonet.com
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1700091 GEOCHEMISTRY AND SECONDARY ALTERATIONS OF MICROLITE FROM ELUVIAL DEPOSITS IN THE NUMBI MINING AREA...37 Brno, Czech Republic ABSTRACT Microlite and U-enriched microlite were found in eluvium close to highly...cassiterite . microlite-group minerals (microlite ĂŸ U-enriched microlite) . columbite-group minerals (columbite–tantalite)...Misumari II pegmatite (berylcolumbite subtype) microlite . cassiterite, columbite–tantalite ĂŸ wodginite–ferrowodginite...rather low. Fragments of primary microlite and U-enriched microlite (the latter present only at the Mungwe
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743–751 Oxynatromicrolite, (Na,Ca,U)2Ta2O6(O,F), a new member of the pyrochlore supergroup from Guanpo,...2016; Associate Editor: Andrew Christy] ABSTR ACT A new mineral species of the pyrochlore supergroup, oxynatromicrolite...rare-metal granitic pegmatite vein, Guanpo, Lushi county, Henan Province, China, which is characterized...recrystallizes in the cubic system, with space group Fd3m and with unit-cell parameters similar those...Y WO R D S : oxynatromicrolite, new mineral species, microlite group, pyrochlore supergroup, Guanpo,
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Fluorcalciomicrolite, (Ca,Na,&)2Ta2O6F, a new microlite-group mineral from Volta Grande pegmatite, Nazareno...Arizona, 1040 East 4th Street, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA Departamento de Mineralogia e Geotectônica, Instituto...Fluorcalciomicrolite, (Ca,Na,&)2Ta2O6F, is a new microlite-group, pyrochlore supergroup mineral approved by...‘‘tourmaline’’, bityite, hydrokenomicrolite, and other microlite-group minerals under study. Fluorcalciomicrolite...07(11) Å3, Z = 8. K EY WORDS : ïŹ‚uorcalciomicrolite, new mineral, Volta Grande pegmatite, Nazareno, Minas
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STRUCTURE OF A MICROLITE-GROUP MINERAL WITH A FORMULA NEAR NaCaTa2O6F FROM THE MORRO REDONDO MINE, CORONEL...data for a microlite-group mineral with a formula near NaCaTa2O6F from the Morro Redondo mine, Coronel...75(OH)0.25]S6.00 Y(F0.730.27)S1.00. According to the new nomenclature for the pyrochlore-supergroup minerals...of these data is presented here. Keywords: microlite group, “fluorcalciomicrolite”, fluornatromicrolite...minĂ©ral du groupe du microlite ayant une formule voisine de NaCaTa2O6F, provenant de la mine Morro Redondo,
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1105 FLUORNATROMICROLITE, (Na,Ca,Bi)2Ta2O6F, A NEW MINERAL SPECIES FROM QUIXABA, PARAÍBA, BRAZIL Thomas...Fluornatromicrolite is a new mineral species of the pyrochlore supergroup (microlite group), with fluorine dominant...(Na,Ca,Bi)2Ta2O6F. The mineral is cubic, space group Fd3m, with a 10.4451(2) Å, V 1139.56(8) Å3 and Z...fluornatromicrolite, new mineral species, pyrochlore supergroup, microlite group, Quixaba, ParaĂ­ba, Brazil...minĂ©rale du supergroupe du pyrochlore, groupe du microlite, ayant une dominance de fluor au second site anionique
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Robert Gait, Royal Ontario Museum; Dr. William Kelly, New York State Geological Survey; Dr. Robert Kmg, Tewksbury...2015 MINERALS FROM THE HYATT MINE, TALCVILLE, ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK. S. C. Chamberlain, Department...The Zinc Corporation of America operates the new Hyatt mine on an orebody just south of the Oswegatchie...Talcville in the Town of Edwards, St. Lawrence County, New York. The orebody consists of massive iron-rich...of sepiolite in the form of mountain leather, the mine has not, until recently, produced anything of particular
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Mineralogist, Volume 100, pages 2352–2362, 2015 New Mineral Names*,† Dmitriy I. Belakovskiy1, Fernando...Australia 1 In this issue This New Mineral Names has entries for 18 new minerals, including aluminopyracmonite...Campostrini (2013) Aluminopyracmonite, (NH4)3Al(SO4)3, a new ammonium aluminium sulfate from La Fossa crater,...Aluminopyracmonite (IMA 2012-075), ideally (NH4)3Al(SO4)3, is a new mineral from La Fossa crater, Vulcano, Aeolian Islands...30 × 20 ÎŒm shows the mineral is trigonal, space group R3; a = 15.0324(8), c = 8.8776(5) Å, V = 1737.3
Report (issue)
Fluorcalciomicrolite Crystal Data: Isometric. Point Group: 4/m 3 2/m. with rhombododecahedral modifications...Class: Isotropic. n(calc.) = 1.992 Cell Data: Space Group: Fd3 m. a = 10.4191(6) Tenacity: Brittle. Hardness...79(OH)0.21]ÎŁ=1.00. Mineral Group: Pyrochlore supergroup, microlite group. Occurrence: In heavy mineral...hydrokenomicrolite, and other unspecified microlite-group minerals. Distribution: From the Volta Grande...Also at the Harding pegmatite, New Mexico, USA. Name: For a member of the microlite group with dominant
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up to 20 kg were reported from the El Quemado district (Ahlfeld & Angelelli 1948). Analytical Methods...analyses. New polished sections prepared with remnant samples of lower quality were used for new analytical...late generation of a U-rich member of the microlite group, which upon metamictization generated fractures...sulfosalts, especially those belonging to the stannite group, are less common, but nevertheless are encountered...of these phases in general, and of the stannite-group minerals in particular, is remarkable, despite their
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Devonian granitic pegmatites at the La Calandria mine, Cañada del Puerto, shows complex intergrowths...Ta-rich rutile, ferrotitanowodginite, columbite-group minerals, and cassiterite that occurs in La Calandria...Cerro Los Mogotes (~1800 m a.s.l.) (Fig. 1). As a group, the old surface mining works still recognizable...cm-sized nodules of triplite, some rounded grains of microlite, and 1–2 cm aggregates of dark Nb-Ta oxide minerals...which is more clearly observed in rocks from the mine dumps than in situ. Other mineral species found
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pereulok 35, 109017, Moscow, Russia Abstract A new scheme of nomenclature for the pyrochlore supergroup...has been referred to until now as the pyrochlore group should be referred to as the pyrochlore supergroup...are pyrochlore, microlite, roméite, betafite, and elsmoreite, respectively. The new names are composed...and one root name (identical to the name of the group). The first prefix refers to the dominant anion...nomenclature, pyrochlore group, microlite group, betafite group, roméite group, elsmoreite group. Sommaire Nous
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granitic rare-element IP pegmatites. Columbite-group minerals (CGM) account for the majority of the current...rare-element pegmatites (ČernĂœ et al., 2005). Columbite-group minerals (columbite-tantalite solid solution series;...members of the orthorhombic columbite-tantalite group (CGM) with the general formula AB2O6 (A = Fe2+,...and Nb > Ta, and the microlite subgroup with (Nb+Ta) > 2 Ti and Nb < Ta. The new nomenclature approved...pyrochlore (Nb), microlite (Ta), romĂ©ite (Sb), betafite (Ti), and elsmoreite (W). The new names are composed
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