Goldmanite
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About Goldmanite
Formula:
Ca3V3+2(SiO4)3
Colour:
Green, brownish-green
Lustre:
Vitreous
Hardness:
6 - 7
Specific Gravity:
3.77
Crystal System:
Isometric
Member of:
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.
Isostructural with:
Classification of Goldmanite
Approved
Approval year:
1963
First published:
1964
8/A.08-140
9.AD.25
9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
A : Nesosilicates
D : Nesosilicates without additional anions; cations in [6] and/or greater coordination
9 : SILICATES (Germanates)
A : Nesosilicates
D : Nesosilicates without additional anions; cations in [6] and/or greater coordination
51.4.3b.4
51 : NESOSILICATES Insular SiO4 Groups Only
4 : Insular SiO4 Groups Only with cations in [6] and >[6] coordination
51 : NESOSILICATES Insular SiO4 Groups Only
4 : Insular SiO4 Groups Only with cations in [6] and >[6] coordination
14.14.3
14 : Silicates not Containing Aluminum
14 : Silicates of V and Bi
14 : Silicates not Containing Aluminum
14 : Silicates of V and Bi
Physical Properties of Goldmanite
Vitreous
Transparency:
Translucent
Colour:
Green, brownish-green
Streak:
White
Hardness:
6 - 7 on Mohs scale
Cleavage:
None Observed
Density:
3.77 g/cm3 (Measured)
Optical Data of Goldmanite
Type:
Isotropic
Chemical Properties of Goldmanite
Formula:
Ca3V3+2(SiO4)3
Elements listed:
Common Impurities:
Cr,Mn,Mg
Crystallography of Goldmanite
Crystal System:
Isometric
Cell Parameters:
a = 12.01 Å
Unit Cell V:
1,732.32 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
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ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
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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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Type Occurrence of Goldmanite
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian), Washington, D.C., USA, 121717, 121953.
Reference:
Moench, R.H. and Meyrowitz, R. (1964) Goldmanite, a vanadium garnet from Laguna, New Mexico. American Mineralogist: 49: 644-655.
Synonyms of Goldmanite
Other Language Names for Goldmanite
Varieties of Goldmanite
Relationship of Goldmanite to other Species
Member of:
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 |
Calderite | Mn2+3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | Iso. |
Eringaite | Ca3Sc2(SiO4)3 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
Grossular | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
Knorringite | Mg3Cr2(SiO4)3 | Iso. |
Majorite | Mg3(MgSi)(SiO4)3 | Iso. |
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. |
Pyrope | Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 | Iso. |
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 Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
3 photos of Goldmanite associated with Pyrrhotite | Fe1-xS |
2 photos of Goldmanite associated with Poppiite | Ca2V3+V3+2[Si2O6OH][SiO4](OH)2O |
1 photo of Goldmanite associated with Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
1 photo of Goldmanite associated with Vanadomalayaite | CaV4+(SiO4)O |
1 photo of Goldmanite associated with Ganophyllite | (K,Na,Ca)2Mn8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)32 · 8H2O |
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping
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. |
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. |
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 | Hibschite | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
9.AD.25 | Hydroandradite | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3-x(OH)4x | |
9.AD.25 | Katoite | Ca3Al2[◻(OH)4]3 | Iso. |
9.AD.25 | Kimzeyite | Ca3Zr2(SiO4)(AlO4)2 | Iso. |
9.AD.25 | Knorringite | Mg3Cr2(SiO4)3 | Iso. |
9.AD.25 | Majorite | Mg3(MgSi)(SiO4)3 | Iso. |
9.AD.25 | Morimotoite | Ca3(TiFe2+)(SiO4)3 | Iso. |
9.AD.25 | Pyrope | Mg3Al2(SiO4)3 | Iso. |
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 | Holtstamite | Ca3Al2(SiO4)2[◻(OH)4] | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : I41/acd |
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 | Eltyubyuite | Ca12Fe3+10Si4O32Cl6 | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d |
9.AD.25 | Hutcheonite | Ca3Ti2(SiO4)(AlO4)2 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Ia3d |
9.AD.30 | Coffinite | U(SiO4) · nH2O | Tet. |
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. |
9.AD.35 | Tombarthite-(Y) | Y4(Si,H4)4O12-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 |
Related Minerals - Dana Grouping (8th Ed.)
Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping
14.14.1 | Cavansite | Ca(VO)Si4O10 · 4H2O | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
14.14.2 | Pentagonite | Ca(VO)Si4O10 · 4H2O | Orth. mm2 |
14.14.4 | Haradaite | SrVSi2O7 | Orth. |
14.14.5 | Saneroite | NaMn2+5[Si5O14(OH)](VO3)(OH) | Tric. |
14.14.6 | Erlianite | (Fe,Mg)4(Fe,V)2Si6O15(OH,O)8 | Orth. |
14.14.7 | Eulytine | Bi4(SiO4)3 | Iso. 4 3m : I4 3d |
14.14.8 | Bismutoferrite | Fe3+2Bi(SiO4)2(OH) | Mon. m : Bm |
Fluorescence of Goldmanite
None
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 Goldmanite
Reference List:
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Moench, R.H. and Meyrowitz, R. (1964) Goldmanite, a vanadium garnet from Laguna, New Mexico. American Mineralogist: 49: 644-655.
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: 785-811.
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Localities for Goldmanite
Locality List




All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Australia | |
| Mueller, A., Delor, C.,(1991): Goldmanite Rich Garnets in Skarn Veins Southern Cross Greenstone Belt Yilgarn Block Western Australia, Mineralogical Magazine(Dec 1991):55:617-620 |
China | |
| Jingwen Mao, Yumin Qiu, Goldfarb, R.J., Zhaochong Zhang, Garwin, S., and Ren Fengshou (2002): Mineralium Deposita 37(3/4), 352-377; Zuoheng Zhang, Jingwen Mao, and Xiaofeng Li (2004): Mineral Deposits 23(2), 241-252; Xishun Hu (2009): Gold Science and Technology 17(2), 17-22, 27 |
| http://www.mining120.com/html/1306/20130608_35691.asp |
| Huijin Lu and Jian Wang (2005): Mineral Deposits 24(5), 567-574 |
Czech Republic | |
| Litochleb, J., Novická, Z., Burda, J.: Goldmanit ze Struhadla u Klatov. Časopis pro mineralogii a geologii, 1983, roč. 28, č. 1, s. 103-104. |
France | |
| 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. |
Italy | |
| [MinRec 32:354] |
Japan | |
| Tanaka, H., Endo, S., Minakawa, T., Enami, M., Nishio-Hamane, D., Miura, H., Hagiwara, A. (2010) Momoiite, (Mn2+,Ca)3(V3+,Al)2Si3O12, a new manganese vanadium garnet from Japan. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences: 105: 92-96. |
| Alfredo Petrov collection |
| Manganoan goldmanite here previously described as "yamatoite". ; Watanabe T, Kato A, Ito J, Yoshimura T, Momoi H, Fukuda K (1982) Haradaite, Sr2V4+2[O2 Si4O12], from the Noda Tamagawa mine, Iwate Prefecture and the Yamato mine, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, Proceedings of the Japan Academy 58 B, 21-24 |
Madagascar | |
| Cecco, V. D. (2013). The Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Green Giant Vanadium-graphite Deposit, SW Madagascar (Masters dissertation). University of Toronto |
| Di Cecco, V. E., Tait, K. T., Spooner, E. T. C and Scherba, C. (2018) The Vanadium-bearing Oxide Minerals of the Green Giant Vanadium-graphite Deposit, Southwest Madagascar. The Canadian Mineralogist: 56:247-257 |
Namibia | |
| Von Bezing, L., Bode, R., and Jahn, S., (2008) Namibia Minerals and Localities. Edition Schloss Freudenstein, Bode Verlag GmbH, Haltern. 331 (in English). |
North Sea | Hallsworth, C.R., Livingstone, A. and Morton, A.C. (1992) Detrital goldmanite from the Palaeocene of the North Sea. Mineralogical Magazine: 56: 117-120. |
Norway | |
| Witsø, Tor (1994): Oppdal. Et spennende geologisk område. Oppdal. 24 pp. Published by Fridtjov Witsø, Oppdal. |
Russia | |
| Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow; Bosi, F., Reznitskii, L., Skogby, H., & Hålenius, U. (2014). Vanadio-oxy-chromium-dravite, NaV3 (Cr4Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3) 3 (OH) 3O, a new mineral species of the tourmaline supergroup. American Mineralogist, 99(5-6), 1155-1162. |
| Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow |
| 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.); Kompanchenko, A., Voloshin, A., & Balagansky, V. (2018). Vanadium mineralization in the Kola region, Fennoscandian Shield. Minerals, 8(11), 474. |
Slovakia | |
| - Uher P., Kováčik 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, 1, 63-73. |
Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590k; Uher, P. et al. (2008): Metamorphic vanadian-chromian silicate mineralization in carbon-rich amphibole schists from the Malé Karpaty Mountains, Western Carpathians, Slovakia. American Mineralogist 93(1), 63-73. | |
South Korea | |
| Jeong, G. Y & Kim, Y. H. (1999): Goldmanite from the black slates of the Ogcheon belt, Korea. Mineralogical Magazine, 63, 253-256.; Cheong, C. S., Jeong, G. Y., Kim, H., Choi, M. S., Lee, S. H., & Cho, M. (2003). Early Permian peak metamorphism recorded in U–Pb system of black slates from the Ogcheon metamorphic belt, South Korea, and its tectonic implication. Chemical Geology, 193(1), 81-92. |
| Gi Young Jeong (2006): Mineralium Deposita 41, 469-481. |
Spain | |
| 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 | |
| EDXS analyses by P. Roth, August 2019; XRD analysis by N. Meisser, October 2019. In the marbles. |
USA | |
| Simon, S. B. & Grossman, L. (1992). Low-temperature exsolution in refractory siderophile element-rich opaque assemblages from the Leoville carbonaceous chondrite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 110(1-4): P. 67-75. (May 1992) |
| Volkert, R.A., and Puffer, J.H., 2001, Field trip day five. Road log for the Sulphur Hill and Andover Iron Mines, New Jersey, in Slack, J.F, ed., Part 1. Protorozoic iron and zinc deposits of the Adirondack Mountains of New York and the New Jersey highlands, Soc. of Econ. Geologists Guidebook Series, V. 35, pg. 99-101. |
| Dunn, Pete J. (1995) |
| Dunn, Pete J. and Frondel, Clifford (1990), an Uncommon Margarite/corundum assemblage from Sterling Hill, New Jersey, Mineralogical Record, v 21, p. 425-427; Dunn(1995):Pt3:362. |
| Northrop, Minerals of New Mexico, 3rd. rev. ed. (1996) |
Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed. | |
| Moench, R.H. & Meyrowitz, R. (1964): Goldmanite, a vanadium garnet from Laguna, New Mexico. American Mineralogist. 49, 644-655 |
| W. Dan Hausel (1994) Geology and Mineralization of the Cooper Hill Mining District, Medicine Bow Mountains, Southeastern Wyoming. Wyoming Geological Survey Report of Investigation 49. |
Uzbekistan | |
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