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Alumotantite

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Alumotantite, etc.

Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Borborema mineral province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Alumotantite, etc.

Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Borborema mineral province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Alumotantite, etc.

Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Borborema mineral province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Formula:
AlTaO4
System:
Orthorhombic
Colour:
Colourless to white
Lustre:
Adamantine, Greasy
Hardness:
7½
Name:
For ALUMinium and TANTalum in the composition
This page provides mineralogical data about Alumotantite.


Classification of Alumotantite

IMA status:
Approved
Strunz 8th ed.:
4/D.27-30
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) ed.:
4.DB.55

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 ed.:
8.1.7.1

8 : MULTIPLE OXIDES CONTAINING NIOBIUM,TANTALUM OR TITANIUM
1 : ABO4
Hey's CIM Ref.:
18.1.18

18 : Niobates and Tantalates
1 : Niobates and tantalates containing neither rare earths nor U

Physical Properties of Alumotantite

Lustre:
Adamantine, Greasy
Diaphaneity (Transparency):
Transparent, Translucent
Colour:
Colourless to white
Hardness (Mohs):
7½
Hardness (Vickers):
VHN100=1650 - 1690 kg/mm2
Density:
7.48 g/cm3 (Calculated)

Optical Data of Alumotantite

Type:
Biaxial (-)
Reflectivity:
486 nmR1=15.6%R2= 14.7%
589 nmR1=15.4%R2= 14.6%
656 nmR1=15.9%R2= 15.1%

Reflectance graph
Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 15.9%.
R1 shown in black, R2 shown in red

Chemical Properties of Alumotantite

Formula:
AlTaO4
Elements listed in formula:
Al, O, Ta - search for minerals with similar chemistry
Analytical Data:
Results from electron microprobe analysis of type material;
Empricial formula calculated for four oxygen atoms per formula unit
Nb2O5 (0.80)
Ta2O5 (81.13)
Al2O3 (18.47)
Common Impurities:
Sn

Crystallography of Alumotantite

Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Class (H-M):
mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) - Dipyramidal
Space Group:
Pbcn
Cell Parameters:
a = 4.475 Å, b = 11.308 Å, c = 4.771 Å
Ratio:
a:b:c = 0.396 : 1 : 0.422
Unit Cell Volume:
V 241.43 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:
4
Morphology:
as euhedral to subhedral, elongated crystals to 1 mm, with rhombic to rectangular cross-section;
as rims and parallel oriented intergrowths on simpsonite, also rims around natrotantite, which in turn rims simpsonite crystals
X-Ray Powder Diffraction Data:
d-spacingIntensity
1.649 (5)
1.837 (5)
2.439 (5)
2.89 (8)
3.13 (10)
3.64 (7)
5.66 (5)
Comments:
Material from Kola Peninsula, Russia

Occurrences of Alumotantite

Type Occurrence of Alumotantite

Type Locality:
Vasin-Myl'k Mt, Voron'i Tundry, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
Geology Museum, Kola Branch, Academy of Sciences, Apatity, Russia
Geological Setting of Type Material:
albitized area of a highly fractionated rare element-enriched granite pegmatite
Empirical Formula:
Al0.98(Ta0.99Nb0.02)Σ=1.01O4
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
SosedkoiteSimpsoniteNatrotantiteMicrolite GroupCesstibtantite
Albite

Relationship of Alumotantite to other Species

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping):
4.DB.05ArgutiteGeO2
4.DB.05CassiteriteSnO2
4.DB.05PlattneritePbO2
4.DB.05PyrolusiteMnO2
4.DB.05RutileTiO2
4.DB.05TripuhyiteFe3+Sb5+O4
4.DB.05TugarinoviteMoO2
4.DB.05Varlamoffite(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2
4.DB.10ByströmiteMgSb2O6
4.DB.10Tapiolite-(Fe)(Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6
4.DB.10Tapiolite-(Mn)(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
4.DB.10OrdoñeziteZnSb2O6
4.DB.15bAkhtenskiteε-Mn4+O2
4.DB.15cNsutite(Mn4+,Mn2+)(O,OH)2
4.DB.15aParamontroseiteV4+O2
4.DB.15aRamsdelliteMn4+O2
4.DB.20Scrutinyiteα-PbO2
4.DB.25IshikawaiteU4+Fe2+Nb2O8
4.DB.25Ixiolite(Ta,Nb,Sn,Fe,Mn)4O8
4.DB.25Samarskite-(Y)(Y,Fe3+,Fe2+,U,Th,Ca)2(Nb,Ta)2O8
4.DB.25SrilankiteZrTi2O6
4.DB.25Yttrocolumbite-(Y)Y(U4+,Fe2+)Nb2O8
4.DB.25Calciosamarskite(Ca,Fe3+,Y)2(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O8
4.DB.25Samarskite-(Yb)(Yb,Y,Fe3+,Fe2+,U,Th,Ca)2(Nb,Ta)2O8
4.DB.30FerberiteFeWO4
4.DB.30HübneriteMnWO4
4.DB.30Sanmartinite(Zn,Fe)WO4
4.DB.30KrasnoselskiteCoWO4
4.DB.30HeftetjerniteScTaO4
4.DB.30HuanzalaiteMgWO4
4.DB.35Columbite-(Fe)FeNb2O6
4.DB.35Tantalite-(Fe)FeTa2O6
4.DB.35Columbite-(Mn)(Mn,Fe)(Nb,Ta)2O6
4.DB.35Tantalite-(Mn)MnTa2O6
4.DB.35Columbite-(Mg)(Mg,Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)2O6
4.DB.35Qitianlingite(Fe,Mn)2(Nb,Ta)2WO10
4.DB.35Magnocolumbite(Mg,Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)2O6
4.DB.35Tantalite-(Mg)(Mg,Fe2+)(Ta,Nb)2O6
4.DB.40FerrowodginiteFe2+Sn4+Ta2O8
4.DB.40LithiotantiteLiTa3O8
4.DB.40LithiowodginiteLiTa3O8
4.DB.40TitanowodginiteMn2+TiTa2O8
4.DB.40WodginiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O8
4.DB.40FerrotitanowodginiteFe2+TiTa2O8
4.DB.40WolframowodginiteMn(Mn,Sn,Fe,Ta)(W,Ta,Nb)2O8
4.DB.45TivaniteV3+TiO3(OH)
4.DB.50Carmichaelite(Ti,Cr,Fe)[O2-x(OH)x]
4.DB.60Biehlite((Sb,As)O)2[MoO4]
Related Minerals - Hey's Index Grouping:
18.1.1LithiotantiteLiTa3O8
18.1.2LueshiteNaNbO3
18.1.3NatroniobiteNaNbO3
18.1.4FranconiteNa(Nb2O5)(OH) · 3H2O
18.1.5NatrotantiteNa2Ta4O11
18.1.6IrtyshiteNa2(Ta,Nb)4O11
18.1.7Rankamaite(Na,K)3(Ta,Nb,Al)11(O,OH)31
18.1.8Hydropyrochlore(H2O,□)2Nb2(O,OH)6(H2O)
18.1.9CalciotantiteCaTa4O11
18.1.10RynersoniteCaTa2O6
18.1.11Microlite Group
18.1.12BelyankiniteCa1-2(Ti,Nb)5O12 · 9H2O (?)
18.1.13LatrappiteCa2NbFe3+O6
18.1.14Hochelagaite(Ca,Na,Sr)(Nb,Ti,Si,Al)4O11 · 8H2O
18.1.15Bariomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
18.1.16ParabariomicroliteBaTa4O10(OH)2 · 2H2O
18.1.17Bariopyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
18.1.19SimpsoniteAl4(Ta,Nb)3O13(OH,F)
18.1.20Sosedkoite(K,Na)5Al2(Ta,Nb)22O60
18.1.21Thoreaulite(Sn2+,Pb)(Ta,Nb)2O6
18.1.22Stannomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
18.1.23FoorditeSn2+(Nb,Ta)2O6
18.1.24ChangbaiitePbNb2O6
18.1.25Plumbopyrochlore (of Skorobogatova et al.)A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
18.1.26Plumbomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
18.1.27StibiocolumbiteSb(Nb,Ta)O4
18.1.28StibiotantaliteSb(Ta,Nb)O4
18.1.29Natrobistantite
18.1.30Cesplumtantite(Cs,Na)2(Pb,Sb3+)3Ta8O24
18.1.31Stibiomicrolite (of Groat et al.)
18.1.32Cesstibtantite
18.1.34BismutotantaliteBi(Ta,Nb)O4
18.1.35Bismutomicrolite (of Hogarth 1977)
18.1.36Tantalite-(Mn)MnTa2O6
18.1.37Gerasimovskite(Mn,Ca)(Nb,Ti)5O12 · 9H2O
18.1.38Tapiolite-(Mn)(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
18.1.39Columbite-(Mn)(Mn,Fe)(Nb,Ta)2O6
18.1.40WodginiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O8
18.1.41Ixiolite(Ta,Nb,Sn,Fe,Mn)4O8
18.1.42Columbite-(Fe)FeNb2O6
18.1.43Tantalite-(Fe)FeTa2O6
18.1.44Columbite
18.1.45Tantalite(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6
18.1.46Tapiolite(Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6
18.1.47Tapiolite-(Fe)(Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6
18.1.48Columbite-(Mg)(Mg,Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)2O6
18.1.50Strüverite(Ti,Ta,Fe)O2
18.1.51 Staringite(Fe,Mn)x(Ta,Nb)2xSn6-3xO12

Other Names for Alumotantite

Synonyms:

IMA1980-025

Name in Other Languages:
Spanish:Alumotantita

Other Information

Fluorescence in UV light:
Bright blue cathodoluminescence
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 Alumotantite

Reference List:
Voloshin, A.V., Men'shikov, Y.P., Pakhomovskii, Y.A. (1981) Alumotantite and natrotantite, new tantalum minerals in granitic pegmatites. Zapiski Vsesoyuznogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 110: 338-345. [in Russian]

Fleischer, M., Burns, R.G., Cabri, L.J., Francis, C.A., Pabst, A. (1982) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 67: 413-418. [abstract]

Ercit, T.S., Hawthorne, F.C., Černý, P. (1992) The crystal structure of alumotantite: its relation to the structures of simpsonite and the (Al,Ga)(Ta,Nb)O4 compounds. The Canadian Mineralogist: 30: 653-662.

Jambor, J.L., Burke, E.A.J. (1993) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 78: 845-849.

Anthony, J. W. et al. (1997) Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. 3, 10.

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    • Localities for Alumotantite

    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.
    Brazil
     
    • Rio Grande do Norte
      • Borborema mineral province
        • Equador
    		http://rruff.geo.arizona.edu/doclib/hom/parabariomicrolite.pdf.; Canadian Mineralogist (1986): 24: 655-663.
    Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre)
     
    • Katanga (Shaba)
    		Voloshin A.V., Pakhomovskii Ya.A. (1988) Mineralogy of tantalum and niobium in rare-metal pegmatites, - Leningrad, Nauka, p. 240 (in Rus.)
    Kazakhstan
     
    • Eastern Kazakhstan Province (Shyghys Qazaqstan Oblysy; Vostochno-Kazakhstanskaya Oblast')
      • Kalba Range
        • Irtysh River
    		A.V. Voloshin analytical data
    Russia (TL)
     
    • Northern Region
      • Murmanskaja Oblast'
        • Kola Peninsula
          • Voron'i Tundry
    		ZVMO (1981) 110/3, 338-345; J. W. Anthony et al.: Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. III (1997); Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
    Zimbabwe
     
    • Masvingo
      • Bikita Area
    		J. W. Anthony et al.: Handbook of Mineralogy, Vol. III (1997)
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