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Coulsonite

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Coulsonite, etc.

Pyrrhotite gorge, Lovchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Coulsonite, etc.

Buena Vista Hills, Mineral Basin District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA
Coulsonite, etc.

Buena Vista Iron Mine, Mineral Basin District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA
Coulsonite, etc.

Pyrrhotite gorge, Lovchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Coulsonite, etc.

Buena Vista Hills, Mineral Basin District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA
Coulsonite, etc.

Buena Vista Iron Mine, Mineral Basin District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA
Coulsonite, etc.

Pyrrhotite gorge, Lovchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Coulsonite, etc.

Buena Vista Hills, Mineral Basin District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA
Formula:
Fe2+V23+O4
Hardness:
4½ - 5
Member of:
Name:
After Dr. Arthur Lennox Coulson, Geological Survey of India.
Initially described from Bihar, India in 1936 as vanado-magnetite, renamed the following year as coulsonite (these specimens contain up to 4.84% vanadium). Species was redefined in 1962 on Nevada material.


Classification of Coulsonite

IMA status:
Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)
Strunz 8th ed.:
4/B.04-20
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) ed.:
4.BB.05

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
B : Metal: Oxygen = 3:4 and similar
B : With only medium-sized cations
Dana 8th ed.:
7.2.4.2

7 : MULTIPLE OXIDES
2 : AB2X4
Hey's CIM Ref.:
7.12.19

7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
12 : Oxides of V, Nb and Ta

Physical Properties of Coulsonite

Hardness (Mohs):
4½ - 5

Chemical Properties of Coulsonite

Formula:
Fe2+V23+O4
Elements listed in formula:
Fe, O, V - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Type Occurrence of Coulsonite

Type Locality:
Buena Vista Iron Mine, Mineral Basin District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA

Relationship of Coulsonite to other Species

Member of:
Spinel Group
Other Members of Group:
ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
Cochromite(Co,Ni,Fe)(Cr,Al)2O4
CuprospinelCu2+Fe23+O4
Filipstadite(Sb0.5Fe0.5)Mn2O4
FrankliniteZn2+Fe23+O4
GahniteZnAl2O4
GalaxiteMn2+Al2O4
HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
JacobsiteMn2+Fe23+O4
MagnesiochromiteMgCr2O4
MagnesiocoulsoniteMgV2O4
MagnesioferriteMgFe23+O4
MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
ManganochromiteMn2+Cr2O4
Nichromite(Ni,Co,Fe)(Cr,Fe,Al)2O4
Qandilite(Mg,Fe3+)2(Ti,Fe3+,Al)O4
SpinelMgAl2O4
TrevoriteNi2+Fe23+O4
UlvöspinelFe2TiO4
VuorelaineniteMn2+V23+O4
XieiteFe2+Cr2O4
ZincochromiteZnCr2O4
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
4.BB.05ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
4.BB.05Cochromite(Co,Ni,Fe)(Cr,Al)2O4
4.BB.05CuprospinelCu2+Fe23+O4
4.BB.05Filipstadite(Sb0.5Fe0.5)Mn2O4
4.BB.05FrankliniteZn2+Fe23+O4
4.BB.05GahniteZnAl2O4
4.BB.05GalaxiteMn2+Al2O4
4.BB.05HercyniteFe2+Al2O4
4.BB.05JacobsiteMn2+Fe23+O4
4.BB.05ManganochromiteMn2+Cr2O4
4.BB.05MagnesiocoulsoniteMgV2O4
4.BB.05MagnesiochromiteMgCr2O4
4.BB.05MagnesioferriteMgFe23+O4
4.BB.05MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
4.BB.05Nichromite(Ni,Co,Fe)(Cr,Fe,Al)2O4
4.BB.05Qandilite(Mg,Fe3+)2(Ti,Fe3+,Al)O4
4.BB.05SpinelMgAl2O4
4.BB.05TrevoriteNi2+Fe23+O4
4.BB.05UlvöspinelFe2TiO4
4.BB.05VuorelaineniteMn2+V23+O4
4.BB.05ZincochromiteZnCr2O4
4.BB.10HausmanniteMn2+Mn23+O4
4.BB.10HetaeroliteZnMn2O4
4.BB.10HydrohetaeroliteZnMn2O4 · H2O
4.BB.10IwakiiteMn2+Fe23+O4
4.BB.15MaghemiteFe23+O3
4.BB.15TitanomaghemiteFe3+(Fe3+,Ti4+,Fe2+,◻)2O4
4.BB.20Tegengrenite(Mg,Mn2+)2Sb5+0.5(Mn3+,Si,Ti)0.5O4
4.BB.25XieiteFe2+Cr2O4
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
7.12.1Montroseite(V3+,Fe3+)O(OH)
7.12.2 ScherbinaiteV25+O5
7.12.3ParamontroseiteV4+O2
7.12.4HäggiteV3+V4+O2(OH)3
7.12.5DuttoniteV4+O(OH)2
7.12.6DoloresiteV34+O4(OH)4
7.12.7LenobliteV24+O4 · 2H2O
7.12.8NavajoiteFe3+V95+O24 · 12H2O
7.12.9VanoxiteV44+V25+O13 · 8H2O
7.12.10BarianditeAl0.6(V5+,V4+)8O20 · 9H2O
7.12.11Corvusite(Na,K,Ca,Mg)2(V5+,V4+,Fe2+)8O20 · 6-10H2O
7.12.12SimplotiteCaV44+O9 · 5H2O
7.12.13KyzylkumiteV3+Ti2O5(OH)
7.12.14SchreyeriteV23+Ti3O9
7.12.15BerdesinskiiteV23+TiO5
7.12.16TivaniteV3+TiO3(OH)
7.12.17MannarditeBa(Ti64+V23+)O16
7.12.18KarelianiteV23+O3
7.12.20Nolanite(V3+,Fe3+,Fe2+,Ti)10O14(OH)2
7.12.21VuorelaineniteMn2+V23+O4
7.12.22TantiteTa2O5
7.12.23Kimrobinsonite(Ta,Nb)(OH)5-2x(O,CO3)x ; x near 1.2

Other Names for Coulsonite

Name in Other Languages:
German:Coulsonit
Simplified Chinese:钒磁铁矿
Spanish:Coulsonita

Other Information

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

References for Coulsonite

Reference List:
Dunn (1937), Geological Survey of India, mem.: 49: 21.

Dunn and Dey (1937), Mining Geol. Institute of India, Transactions: 31: 131.

Initially described from Bihar, India in 1936 as vanado-magnetite, renamed the following year as coulsonite (these specimens contain up to 4.84% vanadium). Species was redefined in 1962 on Nevada material: 702.

Radtke, A. S. (1962) American Mineralogist: 47, 1284-1291.

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    • Localities for Coulsonite

    This map shows a selection of localities that have latitude and longitude coordinates recorded. Click on the symbol to view information about a locality. The symbol next to localities in the list can be used to jump to that position on the map.
    (TL) indicates type locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) indicates first recorded locality for everything else. ? 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.
    Finland
     
    • Northern Finland Region
      • Vihanti
    		Sergeeva, N. E., Eremin, N. I., & Dergachev, A. L. (2011, February). Vanadium mineralization in ore of the Vihanti massive sulfide base-metal deposit, Finland. In Doklady Earth Sciences (Vol. 436, No. 2, pp. 210-212). SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica.
    India
     
    Am Min 47 (1962), 1284
    Kazakhstan
     
    • Pavlodar Province (Pavlodar Oblysy; Pavlodarskaya Oblast')
    		Brearley, A. J. & Jones, R. H. (1998). Chondritic Meteorites. In: Planetary Materials (Papike, J. J., Editor): Chapter 3, 398 pages. Mineralogical Society of America: Washington, DC, USA. (1998)
    Mexico
     
    • Chihuahua
      • Pueblito de Allende
    		Ma, C., Paque, J., & Tschauner, O. (2016, March). Discovery of Beckettite, Ca2V6Al6O20, a New Alteration Mineral in a V-Rich Ca-Al-Rich Inclusion from Allende. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 47, p. 1704).
    Russia
     
    • Far-Eastern Region
      • Amurskaya Oblast'
        • Dambuki ore cluster
    		Pavel M. Kartashov analytical data
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Khibiny Massif
            • Lovchorr Mt
    		Karpov S.M., Voloshin A.V., Savchenko E.E., Selivanova E.A., Polekhovskii Yu.S. (2012) coulsonite in pyrrhotite gorge deposit (Kola peninsula): the first find in Russia, - Doklady RAN, 445/2, p. 1-3 (in Russ.)
          • Pechengsky District
            • Pechenga Ni-Cu ore field
    		Компанченко А.А., Волошин А.В., Базай А.В. Ванадиевая минерализация в колчеданных проявлениях - новый тип для Южно-Печенгской структурной зоны, Кольский регион, - Месторождения стратегических металлов: закономерности размещения, источники вещества, условия и механизмы образования. Всероссийская конференция, посвящённая 85-летию ИГЕМ РАН.Москва, 25-27 ноября 2015 г. Материалы докладов. М.: ИГЕМ РАН, 2015. 336 с.
    Spain
     
    • Catalonia
      • Tarragona
        • Conca de Barberà
          • Vimbodí
            • Poblet Monastery
    		C.. Canet et al. , The Canadian Mineralogist, 2003, V41, pp. 581-595
    C.. Canet et al. , The Canadian Mineralogist, 2003, V41, pp. 581-595
    C.. Canet et al. , The Canadian Mineralogist, 2003, V41, pp. 581-595
    Switzerland
     
    • Wallis (Valais)
      • Binn Valley
        • Fäld (Imfeld; Im Feld; Feld)
    		Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz. Wepf (Basel), p. 123.
    USA
     
    • Alaska
      • Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
        • Innoko District
    		U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
    U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
    • California
      • Fresno Co.
        • Diablo Range
          • New Idria District
            • Archer Camp
    		Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 152.
    • Nevada
      • Churchill Co.
        • Mineral Basin District
    		Am Min 47:1284-1291
      • Pershing Co.
        • Mineral Basin District
    		NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
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