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Samarskite-(Y)

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Samarskite-(Y)

Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA
Samarskite-(Y)

Black Cloud Mine, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Samarskite-(Y)

Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA
Samarskite-(Y)

Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA
Samarskite-(Y)

Black Cloud Mine, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Samarskite-(Y)

Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA
Samarskite-(Y)

Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford Co., Connecticut, USA
Samarskite-(Y)

Black Cloud Mine, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
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About Samarskite-(Y)Hide

Formula:
(Y,Fe3+,Fe2+,U,Th,Ca)2(Nb,Ta)2O8
Colour:
Black internally, pale to yellow-brown surface
Lustre:
Vitreous, Resinous, Sub-Metallic
Hardness:
5 - 6
Specific Gravity:
5 - 5.69
Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Name:
Named in honor of Colonel Vasilii Yevgrafovich Samarskii-Bykhovets (Васи́лий Евгра́фович Сама́рский-Быховец) (7 November 1803 – 31 May 1870), Russian mining engineer and Chief of Staff of the Russian Corps of Mining Engineers, for granting access to some mineral samples for study. The element samarium, isolated from the mineral, is thus also named after him.
Samarskite Group.
The Y analogue of Samarskite-(Yb).


Classification of Samarskite-(Y)Hide

IMA status:
Approved, 'Grandfathered' (first described prior to 1959)
Approval Year:
1980
Strunz 8th ed.:
4/D.19-60
Nickel-Strunz 10th (pending) ed.:
4.DB.25

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.:
8.1.11.1

8 : MULTIPLE OXIDES CONTAINING NIOBIUM,TANTALUM OR TITANIUM
1 : ABO4
Hey's CIM Ref.:
18.4.12

18 : Niobates and Tantalates
4 : Niobates and tantalates containing both U and rare earths

Physical Properties of Samarskite-(Y)Hide

Lustre:
Vitreous, Resinous, Sub-Metallic
Colour:
Black internally, pale to yellow-brown surface
Comment:
Brown in transmitted light.
Streak:
Dark reddish brown to black
Hardness:
5 - 6 on Mohs scale
Hardness:
VHN100=736 - 897 - Vickers
Tenacity:
Brittle
Cleavage:
Poor/Indistinct
On {010} (?)
Fracture:
Conchoidal, Sub-Conchoidal
Density:
5 - 5.69 g/cm3 (Measured)    6.28 g/cm3 (Calculated)

Optical Data of Samarskite-(Y)Hide

Type:
Isotropic
RI values:
n = 2.1 - 2.2
Birefringence:
Isotropic minerals have no birefringence
Surface Relief:
Very High
Type:
Isotropic

Chemical Properties of Samarskite-(Y)Hide

Formula:
(Y,Fe3+,Fe2+,U,Th,Ca)2(Nb,Ta)2O8
IMA Formula:
(Y,Ce,U,Fe,Nb)(Nb,Ta,Ti)O4
Elements listed:
Ca, Fe, Nb, O, Ta, Th, U, Y - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of Samarskite-(Y)Hide

Crystal System:
Orthorhombic
Class (H-M):
mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) - Dipyramidal
Space Group:
Pbcn
Cell Parameters:
a = 5.687 Å, b = 4.925 Å, c = 5.21 Å
Ratio:
a:b:c = 1.155 : 1 : 1.058
Unit Cell V:
145.92 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:
2
Morphology:
Prismatic [001] (with rectangular cross-section); tabular {100} or {010} less common; elongated [010] with prominent {101} at times. Crystals rough. Massive.

Crystallographic forms of Samarskite-(Y)Hide

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X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:
d-spacingIntensity
3.030 (1000
3.728 (15)
2.843 (15)
2.603 (15)
2.495 (10)
1.920 (10)
1.863 (10)
Comments:
(XRD data obtained by heating metamict mineral until crystallinity is restored, with no guarantee that the structure is identical to the original pre-metamict structure.)

Type Occurrence of Samarskite-(Y)Hide

Synonyms of Samarskite-(Y)Hide

Other Language Names for Samarskite-(Y)Hide

Varieties of Samarskite-(Y)Hide

Titanian Samarskite-(Y)A variety of Samarskite-(Y) containing up to 10 mas. % of TiO2
VietinghofiteA supposed ferroan samarksite of uncertain composition. Of doubtful validity.

Relationship of Samarskite-(Y) to other SpeciesHide

Member of:
Samarskite Group
Other Members of this group:
Calciosamarskite(Ca,Fe3+,Y)2(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O8Mon.
IshikawaiteU4+Fe2+Nb2O8Mon.
Samarskite-(Yb)(Yb,Y,Fe3+,Fe2+,U,Th,Ca)2(Nb,Ta)2O8Mon. 2/m : P2/b
SrilankiteZrTi2O6Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Columbite-(Fe)25 photos of Samarskite-(Y) associated with Columbite-(Fe) on mindat.org.
Albite6 photos of Samarskite-(Y) associated with Albite on mindat.org.
Columbite4 photos of Samarskite-(Y) associated with Columbite on mindat.org.
Beryl4 photos of Samarskite-(Y) associated with Beryl on mindat.org.
Monazite-(Ce)3 photos of Samarskite-(Y) associated with Monazite-(Ce) on mindat.org.
Microcline3 photos of Samarskite-(Y) associated with Microcline on mindat.org.
Columbite-Tantalite2 photos of Samarskite-(Y) associated with Columbite-Tantalite on mindat.org.
Magnetite1 photo of Samarskite-(Y) associated with Magnetite on mindat.org.
Calciosamarskite1 photo of Samarskite-(Y) associated with Calciosamarskite on mindat.org.
Corundum1 photo of Samarskite-(Y) associated with Corundum on mindat.org.

Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz GroupingHide

4.DB.05ArgutiteGeO2Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mnm
4.DB.05CassiteriteSnO2Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mnm
4.DB.05PlattneritePbO2Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m)
4.DB.05PyrolusiteMn4+O2Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mnm
4.DB.05RutileTiO2Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mnm
4.DB.05TripuhyiteFe3+Sb5+O4Tet.
4.DB.05TugarinoviteMoO2Mon.
4.DB.05Varlamoffite(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2
4.DB.10ByströmiteMgSb2O6Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/nmm
4.DB.10Tapiolite-(Fe)(Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mnm
4.DB.10Tapiolite-(Mn)(Mn,Fe)(Ta,Nb)2O6Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mnm
4.DB.10OrdoñeziteZnSb2O6Tet.
4.DB.15bAkhtenskiteε-Mn4+O2Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P63/mmc
4.DB.15cNsutite(Mn4+,Mn2+)(O,OH)2Hex.
4.DB.15aParamontroseiteV4+O2Orth.
4.DB.15aRamsdelliteMn4+O2Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
4.DB.20Scrutinyiteα-PbO2Orth.
4.DB.25IshikawaiteU4+Fe2+Nb2O8Mon.
4.DB.25Ixiolite(Ta,Nb,Sn,Fe,Mn)4O8Orth.
4.DB.25SrilankiteZrTi2O6Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.25Yttrocolumbite-(Y)Y(U4+,Fe2+)Nb2O8
4.DB.25Calciosamarskite(Ca,Fe3+,Y)2(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O8Mon.
4.DB.25Samarskite-(Yb)(Yb,Y,Fe3+,Fe2+,U,Th,Ca)2(Nb,Ta)2O8Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.30FerberiteFeWO4Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.30HübneriteMnWO4Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.30Sanmartinite(Zn,Fe)WO4Mon. 2/m : P21/b
4.DB.30KrasnoselskiteCoWO4Mon.
4.DB.30HeftetjerniteScTaO4Mon. 2/m
4.DB.30HuanzalaiteMgWO4Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.35Columbite-(Fe)FeNb2O6Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.35Tantalite-(Fe)FeTa2O6Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.35Columbite-(Mn)(Mn,Fe)(Nb,Ta)2O6Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.35Tantalite-(Mn)MnTa2O6Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.35Columbite-(Mg)(Mg,Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)2O6Orth.
4.DB.35Qitianlingite(Fe,Mn)2(Nb,Ta)2WO10Orth.
4.DB.35Magnocolumbite(Mg,Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)2O6
4.DB.35Tantalite-(Mg)(Mg,Fe2+)(Ta,Nb)2O6Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
4.DB.40FerrowodginiteFe2+Sn4+Ta2O8Mon.
4.DB.40LithiotantiteLiTa3O8Mon.
4.DB.40LithiowodginiteLiTa3O8Mon.
4.DB.40TitanowodginiteMn2+TiTa2O8Mon.
4.DB.40WodginiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O8Mon.
4.DB.40FerrotitanowodginiteFe2+TiTa2O8Mon.
4.DB.40WolframowodginiteMn(Mn,Sn,Fe,Ta)(W,Ta,Nb)2O8
4.DB.45TivaniteV3+TiO3(OH)Mon.
4.DB.50Carmichaelite(Ti,Cr,Fe)[O2-x(OH)x]Mon. 2/m : P21/b
4.DB.55AlumotantiteAlTaO4Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.60Biehlite((Sb,As)O)2[MoO4]Mon.

Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals GroupingHide

18.4.1Uranpyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)(Ca,U,Ce)2(Nb,Ti,Ta)2O6(OH,F)Iso.
18.4.2Yttrocolumbite-(Y)Y(U4+,Fe2+)Nb2O8
18.4.3Yttrotantalite-(Y)(Y,U4+,Fe2+)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)4Orth.
18.4.4IshikawaiteU4+Fe2+Nb2O8Mon.
18.4.5Euxenite-(Y)(Y,Ca,Ce,U,Th)(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O6Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
18.4.6Tanteuxenite-(Y)Y(Ta,Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)6
18.4.7Kobeite-(Y)(REE,Fe,U)3 Zr(Ti,Nb)3 O12
18.4.8Polycrase-(Y)Y(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
18.4.9Yttropyrochlore (of Hogarth 1977)A2Nb2(O,OH)6Z
18.4.10Calciobetafite (of Mazzi & Munno)(Ca,Na)2(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)7
18.4.11Yttrobetafite (of Hogarth 1977)A2-mD2X6-wZ1-n

Other InformationHide

Health Risks:
Mineral is radioactive, some specimens may be strong radioactive.

References for Samarskite-(Y)Hide

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Rose (1839) Ann. Phys.: 48: 555 (as uranotantal).
Rose, H. (1847) Ueber die Zusammensetzung des Uranotantals und des Columbits vom Ilmengebirge in Sibirien. Annalen der Physik und Chemie: 71: 157-169. (as samarskit [Uranniobit])
Hermann (1847) J. pr. Chem.: 42: 129 (as Yttroilmenite).
Hermann (1848) J. pr. Chem.: 44: 216.
Dana, Edward Salisbury (1876) On the samarskite, Mitchell County, North Carolina. American Journal of Science: 11: 201-204.
Brögger (1881) Geol. För. Förh.: 5: 354 (as Ånnerödite).
Brøgger, W.C. (1906) Die mineralien der Südnorwegischen granitpegmatitgänge: Blomstrandin (und priorit). Skrifter udgivne af Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania: 1906(6): 1-162.
Ellsworth, H.V. (1928) A mineral related to samarskite from the Woodcox mine, Hybla, Ontario. American Mineralogist: 13: 63-65.
Ellsworth, H.V. (1928) A mineral related to samarskite from Parry Sound, Ontario. American Mineralogist: 13: 66-68.
Fenner, C.N. (1928) Radioactive minerals from Divino de Uba, Brazil. American Journal of Science: 16: 382-391.
Hess, Frank L., Wells, Roger Clark (1930) Samarskite from Petaca, New Mexico. American Journal of Science: 19: 17-26.
Machatschki (1932) Chem. Erde: 7: 72.
Palache, Charles, Harry Berman, Clifford Frondel (1944) The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged: 797-800.
Murdoch, Joseph (1946) Nuevite, a new rare-earth mineral from California (abstract): Geological Society of America Bulletin: 57: 1219.
Murdoch, Joseph (1951) Notes on California minerals: nuevite = samarskite; trona, and hanksite; Gaylussite. American Mineralogist: 36: 358-361.
Lima de Faria, J. (1958) Heat treatment of metamict euxenites, polymignites, yttrotantalites, samarskites, pyrochlores, and allanites. Mineralogical Museum, section of the Junta de Investigações do Ultramar: 3R: 937-942.
van Wambeke, L. (1960) Etude comparative de l'ampangabeite et de la samarskite. Bulletin de la Société Française de Minéralogie et de Cristallographie: 83: 295-309. (amphangabeite identical with samarskite)
Kuz'menko, M.V., Akelin, N.A., Sokolova, R.I. (1969) Regularities of the distribution of tantalum and niobium in endocontact pegmatite and the parent granites. In Features of the Distribution of Rare Elements in Pegmatites. Izdat. Nauka, Moscow, 44-78. (in Russian, khlopinite identical with samarskite)
Mineralogical Magazine (1980): 43: 1054.
Sugitani, Y., Suzuki, Y., Nagashima, K. (1984) Recovery of the original samarskite structure by heating in a reducing atmosphere. American Mineralogist: 69: 377-379.
Sugitani, Y., Suzuki, Y., Nagashima, K. (1985) Polymorphism of samarskite and its relationship to other structurally related Nb Ta oxides with the alpha-PbO2 structure. American Minealogist: 70: 856-866.
Lumpkin, G.R., Ewing, R.C., Eyal, Y. (1988) Preferential leaching and natural annealing of alpha-recoil track in metamict betafite and samarskite. Journal of Mater. Res.: 3: 357-368.
Warner, Julie K., Ewing, Rodney C. (1993) Crystal chemistry of samarskite. American Mineralogist (1983): 78: 419-424.
Pinckston, R.D., Smith, D.G.W. (1994) Mineralogy of the Lake zone, Thor Lake rare-metals deposit, N.W.T., Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences: 32: 516-532.
Hanson, S.L., Simmons, W.B., Falster, A.U., Foord, E.E., Lichte, F.E. (1999) Proposed nomenclature for samarskite-group minerals: new data on ishikawaite and calciosamarskite. Mineralogical Magazine: 63: 27-36.
Tomašić, N., Gajović, A., Bermanec, V., Linarić, M. R., Su, D., Škoda, R. (2010) Preservation of the samarskite structure in a metamict ABO4 mineral: a key to crystal structure identification. European Journal of Mineralogy: 22: 435-444.
Capitani, G.C., Mugnaioli, E., Guastoni, A. (2016) What is the actual structure of samarskite-(Y)? A TEM investigation of metamict samarskite from the Garnet Codera dike pegmatite (Central Italian Alps). American Mineralogist: 101: 1679-1690.

Internet Links for Samarskite-(Y)Hide

Localities for Samarskite-(Y)Hide

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.

Locality ListHide

- This locality has map coordinates listed. - This locality has estimated coordinates. ⓘ - Click for further information on this occurrence. ? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality. - Good crystals or important locality for species. - World class for species or very significant. (TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species. (FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties). Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality. Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (eg from pseudomorphs.)

All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Australia
 
  • Northern Territory
    • Central Desert Region
      • Harts Range (Harts Ranges; Hartz Range; Hartz Ranges)
        • Ambalindum Station
          • Coggan Bore
Museum Victoria Mineralogy Collection
          • Spriggs Creek Bore (Spriggs Bore)
Placer Prospecting (Aust.) Pty Ltd (1971) Final Report on Prospecting Authority No. 2277 Mt. Eaglebeak, Harts Range, Northern Territory. Shaw, R.D. & Freeman, M.J. (1985) Illogwa Creek, Northern Territory (Second Edition) 1:250 000 geological series, explanatory notes, SF/53-15. Department of Resources & Energy, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics.
        • Mt Riddock Station
Thompson, D. (ed.) (1986), A Guide to Fossicking in the Northern Territory, Northern Territory Geological Survey. Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy, 2nd ed. , 1986
Thompson, D. (ed) (1986) A Guide to Fossicking in the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Geological Survey, Northern Territory Department of Mines and Energy, 2nd ed., 73p.
  • South Australia
    • Flinders Ranges
      • North Flinders Ranges
        • Arkaroola Region (Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary; Arkaroola Station)
          • Mt Painter area
2003, Brugger, J., Ansermet, S. & Pring, A. ' Uranium minerals from Mt Painter, Northern Flinders ranges, South Australia' Australian Journal of Mineralogy, vol. 9, n°1, pp 15-31; Brugger, J., Meisser, N., Etschmann, B., Ansermet, S., & Pring, A. (2011). Paulscherrerite from the Number 2 Workings, Mount Painter Inlier, Northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia:“Dehydrated schoepite” is a mineral after all. American Mineralogist, 96(2-3), 229-240.
    • Olary Province
      • Bimbowrie Station
Lottermoser, B.G., and Lu, J. (1997): Mineralogy and Petrology 59, 1-19.
Lottermoser, B.G., and Lu, J. (1997): Mineralogy and Petrology 59, 1-19.
      • Old Boolcoomata Station
Lottermoser, B.G., and Lu, J. (1997): Mineralogy and Petrology 59, 1-19.
        • White Rock Feldspar Mine
Lottermoser, B.G., and Lu, J. (1997): Mineralogy and Petrology 59, 1-19.
  • Western Australia
    • Upper Gascoyne Shire
      • Yinnietharra (Yinnietharra Station; Yinnetharra)
Pegmatites of Western Australia; M.I. Jacobson, M.A. Calderwood, B.A. Grguric; Hesperian Press, Perth, 2007
Austria
 
  • Salzburg
    • Hohe Tauern
      • Felben valley
        • Scheelite deposit
A. Strasser: Die Minerale Salzburgs, 1989
  • Upper Austria
    • Mühlviertel
      • Freistadt
        • Pregarten
Arthofer, P. (2005): Zinnsteinführende Pegmatite aus Meitschenhof bei Pregarten, Bezirk Freistadt, Oberösterreich. OÖ. Geonachrichten 20, 10-22.;
      • Rohrbach
        • Aigen im Mühlkreis
R. Exel: Die Mineralien und Erzlagerstätten Österreichs (1993)
        • Schlägl
- Fritz Pfaffl, in: Der Karinthin, Beiblatt zur Carinthia II, Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Fachgruppe Mineralogie und Geologie Folge 74, Klagenfurt 1976, Seite 224 - 225
      • Urfahr-Umgebung
        • Steyregg
          • Pulgarn
- H.Haider, Gesteine und Minerale des Mühlviertels. In: Heimatbuch Luftenberg an der Donau. Herausgeber Heimatverein und Gemeinde Luftenberg an der Donau, Luftenberg 1997, 4 Abbildungen, Seite 20 - 23 (453 Seiten).
Brazil
 
  • Minas Gerais
    • Conceição do Mato Dentro
      • São José de Brejaúba
Guimar˜aes, C.P. (1941) Djalmaite, a new radio-active mineral. American Mineralogist: 26: 343–346.
Butler, J.R. (1958): Rare earths in some niobate-tantalates. Mineralogical Magazine. 31, 763-780 [ p.766]
Polycrase specimen in the British Museum of Natura History #1927,177 [Rock Currier 2010]
Canada
 
  • Northwest Territories
    • Mackenzie District
      • Blachford Lake alkaline complex
        • Thor Lake syenite complex
MÖLLER, V. (2016) The Nature and origin of the Nechalacho Rare Metal Deposit (REE, Nb, Zr), Northwest Territories, Canada. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, McGill University, Montreal. 409 p.
  • Nova Scotia
    • Cumberland Co.
PAPOUTSA, A.D. & PE-PIPER, G. (2013) The relationship between REE-Y-Nb-Th minerals and the evolution of an A-type granite, Wentworth Pluton, Nova Scotia. American Mineralogist 98, 444-462.
  • Ontario
    • Hastings Co.
      • Monteagle Township
T. S. Ercit (1994) The geochemistry and crystal chemistry of columbite-group minerals from granitic pegmatites, southwestern Grenville Province, Canadian Shield. The Canadian Mineralogist 32:421-438
    • Nipissing District
      • Butt Township
MDI Number: MDI31E11NE00070
Ann P.Sabina (2007), Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Ottawa to North Bay and Huntsville, Ontario; Gatineau (Hull) to Waltham and Temiscaming, Quebec. GSC Misc. Report 48, p.132
      • Dickens Township
T. S. Ercit (1994) The geochemistry and crystal chemistry of columbite-group minerals from granitic pegmatites, southwestern Grenville Province, Canadian Shield. The Canadian Mineralogist 32:421-438
        • Spectacle Lake (Wolfsden Lake)
Ann P.Sabina (2007), Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Ottawa to North Bay and Huntsville, Ontario; Gatineau (Hull) to Waltham and Temiscaming, Quebec. GSC Misc. Report 48
    • Parry Sound District
      • Chapman Township
T. S. Ercit (1994) The geochemistry and crystal chemistry of columbite-group minerals from granitic pegmatites, southwestern Grenville Province, Canadian Shield. The Canadian Mineralogist 32:421-438
Seaman, 1976. Pegmatite Minerals of the World
T. S. Ercit (1994) The geochemistry and crystal chemistry of columbite-group minerals from granitic pegmatites, southwestern Grenville Province, Canadian Shield. The Canadian Mineralogist 32:421-438
    • Renfrew Co.
      • Head Township
Sabina, A. P. (2007) Rocks and Minerals for the Collector, Ottawa to North Bay and Huntsville, Ontario; Gatineau (Hull) to Waltham and Témiscaming, Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada, Miscellaneous Report 48, 249p, p.83.
      • Lyndoch Township
ontariominerals.com
Pit owers (pers. comm.)
  • Québec
    • Lanaudière
      • Matawinie RCM
        • Saint-Michel-des-Saints
Palache, C., Berman, H. & Frondel, C. (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, 7th. edition, Volume I: 799; Sabina, A.P. (1983) Rocks & Minerals for the collector; Kingston, Ontario to Lac St-Jean, Quebec. GSC Misc. Report 32, 65-66 p.
    • Nord-du-Québec
      • Nunavik
Mitchell, R.H. & Smith, D.L. (2017) Geology and mineralogy of the Ashram zone carbonatite, Eldor complex, Quebec. Ore Geology Reviews 86, 784-806.
    • Outaouais
      • Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM
        • Val-des-Monts
Hilderley, M., Ercit, T.S., Rowe, R.A. (2006) 33rd Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, abstracts, 13-14.
China
 
  • Guangdong Province
    • Guangzhou Prefecture
      • Conghua Co.
Smith, B., Smith, C., Liu, G., and Ottens, B. (2005): Mineralogical Record 36(1), 87-101.
    • Jiangmen Prefecture
      • Taishan Co.
Zhang Peishan, Yang Zhuming, Tao Kejie, and Yang Xueming (1996): "Mineralogy and Geology of Rare Earths in China", Science Press (Beijing), 226 pp.
  • Jiangxi Province
    • Ganzhou Prefecture
      • Quannan Co.
Xudong Wang, Pei Ni, Shunda Yuan, and Shenghua Wu (2013): Mineral Deposits 32(2), 308-322
  • Liaoning Province (Manchuria; Dongbei Region)
Pavel M. Kartashov data
  • Sichuan Province
    • Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture
      • Mianning Co.
Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189
    • Panzhihua Prefecture
      • Miyi Co.
Zhang Peishan, Yang Zhuming, Tao Kejie, and Yang Xueming (1996): "Mineralogy and Geology of Rare Earths in China", Science Press (Beijing), 226 pp.
  • Xinjiang Autonomous Region
    • Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture)
      • Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture)
        • Fuyun Co. (Koktokay Co.)
http://www.smartminerals.com/cina2004/art_China_localities.htm
  • Yunnan Province
    • Baoshan Prefecture
      • Tengchong Co.
        • Tengchong Sn belt
Ganfu Shen (2002): Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry 21(3), 182-184
Czech Republic
 
  • South Bohemia Region
    • Písek
Škoda R., Novák M., Cícha J., Uranium-niobium-rich alteration products after “písekite”, an intimate mixture of Y,REE,Nb,Ta,Ti-oxide minerals from the Obrázek I pegmatite, Písek, Czech Republic Journal of Geosciences, 56 (2011), 3, 317 - 325
  • South Moravia Region
    • Tišnov
      • Drahonín
Škoda, R., Novák, M.: Akcesorické Nb-Ta-Ti minerály z pegmatitu v uranovém dole Drahonín, strážecké moldanubikum. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae geologicae, 2004, roč. 89, s. 55 - 66.
  • Vysočina Region
    • Třebíč District
      • Třebíč
Škoda, R., Novák, M., Houzar, S.: Granitické NYF pegmatity třebíčského plutonu. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae geologicae, 2006, roč. 91, s. 129 - 176.
Finland
 
  • Southern Finland Region
    • Tammela
Nordenskiöld, A. E. (1863): Om tantalitartade mineralier från nejden af Torro, Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 20, 443-453
Wilke, H.-J. (1976): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 4: Skandinavien. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 370 pp (p.296).
  • Southwestern Finland Region
    • Kemiö Island (Kimito Island)
Nordenskiöld, A. E. (1863): Om tantalitartade mineralier från nejden af Torro, Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 20, 443-453
    • Somero
Wilke, H.-J. (1976): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 4: Skandinavien. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 370 pp
France
 
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine
    • Pyrénées-Atlantiques
      • Aramits
        • Ance
MONCHOUX P., FONTAN F., DE PARSEVAL P., MARTIN R. F., WANG R. C. (2006) - Igneous albitite dikes in orogenic lherzolithes, Western Pyrénées, France: A possible source for corundum and alkali feldspar xenocrysts in basaltic terranes. I. Mineralogical Asssociations. The Canadian Mineralogist, Vol. 44, pp. 817-842.
MONCHOUX P., FONTAN F., DE PARSEVAL P., MARTIN R. F., WANG R. C. (2006) - Igneous albitite dikes in orogenic lherzolithes, Western Pyrénées, France: A possible source for corundum and alkali feldspar xenocrysts in basaltic terranes. I. Mineralogical Asssociations. The Canadian Mineralogist, Vol. 44, pp. 817-842.
Germany
 
  • Bavaria
    • Lower Bavaria
      • Tittling
        • Hötzendorf
Weiss: "Mineralfundstellen, Deutschland West", Weise (Munich), 1990
        • Matzersdorf
    • Upper Palatinate
      • Waidhaus
        • Hagendorf
http://www.berthold-weber.de/h_miner.htm
  • Rhineland-Palatinate
    • Eifel
      • Laach lake volcanic complex
        • Kruft
Blass, G.; Graf, H.W., Neue Mineralienfunde aus der Vulkaneifel , Mineralien-Welt 12/1, 17-25, 2001
        • Mendig
          • Niedermendig
Blass, G.; Graf, H.W., Neue Mineralienfunde aus der Vulkaneifel, Mineralien-Welt 12/1, 17-25, 2001
Blass, G.; Graf, H.W., Neue Mineralienfunde aus der Vulkaneifel, Mineralien-Welt 12/1, 17-25, 2001
            • Wingertsberg
Blass, G.; Graf, H.W., Neue Mineralienfunde aus der Vulkaneifel , Mineralien-Welt 12/1, 17-25, 2001
Guyana
 
  • Barima-Waini Region
USGS Bulletin 2062
India
 
  • Andhra Pradesh
    • Nellore District
 C. Karunakaran and K. Neelakantam: Samarskite from Nellore district. Part I. Uranium and earth acid contents — Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section A, 25, 404-407.
  • Tamil Nadu
Butler, J.R. (1958): Rare earths in some niobate-tantalates. Mineralogical Magazine. 31, 763-780 [p.766]
  • Uttar Pradesh
    • Banda District
URAM 2014 IAEA p52
  • West Bengal
    • Purulia District
Baidya, T.K.: :A note on some-uranium-thorium bearing pegmatoids of Nawahatu area, Purulia district, West Bengal:, Indian Minerals 46(2), 175-176 (1992)
Italy
 
  • Piedmont
    • Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province
      • Ossola Valley
        • Vigezzo Valley
          • Toceno
            • Val di Crana
Rivista Mineralogica Italiana, 23 (1), 42-49.
          • Trontano
Piccoli, G.C., Maletto, G., Bosio, P., Lombardo, B. (2007): MInerali del Piemonte e della Valle d'Aosta. Associazione Amici del Museo "F. Eusebio" Alba, Ed., Alba (Cuneo) 607 pp.
  • Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-Südtirol)
    • Trento Province
      • Giudicarie Valleys
        • Chiese Valley
          • Condino
Daniele Ravagnani - Giacimenti uraniferi italiani - Gruppo Min. Lombardo - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano - 1974
Japan
 
  • Honshu Island
    • Chubu Region
      • Gifu Prefecture
        • Nakatsugawa City
John Rakovan (2015) Mineralogy and Cultural History of the Naegi Pegmatite District, Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. 36th Annual New Mexico Mineral Symposium p32
Ryoichi SADANAGA and Michiaki BUNNO (1974) THE WAKABAYASHI MINERAL COLLECTION Bulletin No. 7 The University Museum, The University of Tokyo
    • Kanto Region
      • Ibaraki Prefecture
        • Makabe-gun
          • Makabe-machi
Harada, Zyunpéi (1954) Chemical Analyses of Japanese Minerals (III) Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and mineralogy = 北海道大學理學部紀要, 8(4):289-348
    • Kinki Region
      • Shiga Prefecture
        • Otsu City
Nakatsugawa Mineral Museum (Gifu Prefecture, Japan)
    • Tohoku Region
      • Fukushima Prefecture
Introduction to Japanese Minerals (Geological Survey of Japan, 1970)
          • Ishikawa town (Ishikawa-machi)
Alfredo Petrov collection
        • Mt Uzumine (Utsumine)
Dr Yohachiro Okamoto (1876-1960) collection (curated by the Geological Survey of Japan)
  • Shikoku Island
    • Kochi Prefecture
      • Tosashimizu City
Kazuo Nakashima and Teruyoshi Imaoka (1998) Mineralogy and Petrology, 63, #1-2, 1-17.
Madagascar
 
  • Antananarivo Province
    • Analamanga Region
      • Anjozorobe District
        • Beronono Commune
Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive, p 14
      • Ankazobe District
        • Ambolotarakely Commune
Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive , p 14
Pezzotta, F.(1999): Madagaskar. Das Paradies der Mineralien und Edelsteine. ExtraLapis nr 17, p.44 (in german)
        • Andranomiady Commune
Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive, p 14
        • Tsaramasoandro Commune
Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive, p 14
    • Itasy Region
      • Soavinandriana District
        • Mahavelona Commune
Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Geologique A. 1871
    • Vakinankaratra Region
      • Betafo District
Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive, p 14
Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive, p 14
Lacroix, A. (1922): Mineralogie de Madagascar, Tome I. Géologie-Minéralogie descriptive. A.Challamel (Éditeur), Paris. p 377
Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Géologique Madagascar. A 1871
        • Mahaiza Commune
Collection of the British Museum of Natural History #1915-36 (1975)
        • Tritriva Commune
Knut Edvard Larsen collection # MM-2248 (visually identification)
      • Faratsiho District
Lacroix, A. (1922): Minéralogie de Madagascar. Tome I. Paris., p. 376 /J. Behier (1960): Contribution à la Mineralogie de Madagascar. Ann.Geol.Mad. XXIX
      • Mandoto District
        • Betsohana Commune
Rocks & Minerals nr 2 , 2003/ Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive
Lacroix, A. (1922): Mineralogie de Madagascar, Tome I. Géologie-Minéralogie descriptive. A.Challamel (Éditeur), Paris. p. 374
  • Antsiranana Province
    • Diana Region (Northern Region)
      • Ambanja District
        • Antsirabe Commune
Ganzeev, A.A. and Grechishchev, O.K. (2003): A new genetic type of rare-metal alkali granites of Madagascar. Russian Geology and Geophysics Vol. 44, No. 6, pp. 539-553
    • Sava Region (Northeastern Region)
      • Vohémar District
        • Maromokotra Commune
Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Géologique Madagascar. A 1871
  • Mahajanga Province (Majunga)
    • Betsiboka Region
      • Tsaratanàna District
        • Andriamena Commune
Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive, p 14
Michel Arliguie collection & photo (photo id 898827), old collection
Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive. p 37
Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive, p 14
Besaire, H. (1966): Gites mineraux de Madagascar. Annales Geologique de Madagascar, Tananarive, Fascicule XXXIV, 135
Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive, p 14
Besaire, H. (1966): Gites mineraux de Madagascar. Annales Geologique de Madagascar, Tananarive, Fascicule XXXIV, p 59
        • Manakana Commune
Behier, J. (1960): Contribution á la mineralogie de Madagascar. Annales Géologiques de Madagascar XXIX, Tananarive, p 14
    • Boeny Region
      • Ambato-Boeni District
Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Géologique Madagascar. A 1871
  • Toamasina Province (Tamatave)
    • Alaotra-Mangoro Region
      • Amparafaravola District
        • Amboavory Commune
          • Andilana North
Behier, J. (1963): Carte mineralogique de Madagascar. Archive Service Geologique A. 1871
    • Eastern Region (Atsinanana Region)
      • Brickaville District
Giraud, P. (1956): La pegmatite à columbite et samarskite de Mboro. in Rapport Annuel du Service geologique, Tananarive 1956, 107-108
Mozambique
 
  • Zambezia Province
    • Alto Ligonha District
Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497.
Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497.
Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497.
Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497.
Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497.
Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497.
Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497.
Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497.
Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497.
Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497.
Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497.
Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497.
Dias, M. Bettencourt and Wilson, W. E., 2000, Mineralogical Record, 31:459-497.
Norway
 
  • Akershus
    • Nesodden
Raade,G. (1965): The minerals of the granite pegmatite at Spro, Nesodden, near Oslo. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 234 [Årbok 1964], 160-166 + Neumann (1985, p. 80).
  • Aust-Agder
Brøgger, W.C. (1906): Die Mineralien der Südnorwegischen Granitpegmatitgänge, I. Niobate, tantalate, titanate und titanoniobate. Videnskapsselskapets Skrifter. I.Mat-Naturv. Klasse 1906, 6. 1-162 [p.140]
    • Birkenes
      • Vegusdal
        • Katterås
Frigstad, O.F. (1968) En undersøkelse av cleavelandittsonerte pegmatittganger i Iveland-Evje, Nedre Setesdal. Hovedfagsoppgave (Thesis), University of Oslo.
    • Evje og Hornnes
      • Landsverk
Frigstad, O. F. (1968): En undersøkelse av cleavelandittsonerte pegmatittganger i Iveland-Evje, Nedre Setesdal. Hovedfagsoppgave (Thesis), University of Oslo.
      • Lauvland
Frigstad, O.F. (1968): En undersøkelse av cleavelandittsonerte pegmatittganger i Iveland-Evje, Nedre Setesdal. Hovedfagsoppgave (Thesis), University of Oslo.
Frigstad, O.F. (1968): En undersøkelse av cleavelandittsonerte pegmatittganger i Iveland-Evje, Nedre Setesdal. Hovedfagsoppgave (Thesis), University of Oslo.
    • Froland
Nilssen, B. (1970): Samarskites. Chemical composition, formula and crystalline phases produced by heating. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 50, 357-373 + Neumann (1985, p. 80).
Nijland, T.G., Zwaan, J.C & Touret, L. (1998): Topographical mineralogy of the Bamble sector, south Norway. Scripta Geologica 118, 46 pp
      • Mykland
Rosenqvist, I.Th. (1949): Samarskit-yttrotantalit ved Bjortjenn i Mykland herred. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift. 28, 40-43
    • Iveland
Nilssen, B. (1970): Samarskites. Chemical composition, formula and crystalline phases produced by heating. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 50, 357-373
      • Ivedal
Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
      • Landås
Bjørlykke, H.(1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
Bjørlykke, H.(1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
Bjørlykke, H.(1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
      • Ljosland
Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
        • Ljoslandsheia
Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
      • Mølland
Bjørlykke, H.(1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
      • Rossås (Rosås)
Neumann (1985) : Norges mineraler. Norges geologiske undersøkelse Skrifter 68, p. 81). Frigstad, O. F. (1999): Amazonittpegmatitter i Iveland-Evje. Bergverksmuseets Skrift 15: 60-73
Frigstad, O.F. (1968): En undersøkelse av cleavelandittsonerte pegmatittganger i Iveland-Evje, Nedre Setesdal. Hovedfagsoppgave (Thesis), University of Oslo.
Müller, A., Kearsley, A., Spratt, J. and Seltmann, R. (2012): Petrogenetic implications of magmatic garnet in granitic pegmatites from Southern Norway. Canadian Mineralogist. 50,1095-1115
      • Tveit
Bjørlykke, H.( 1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
Bjørlykke, H. (1934): The Mineral Paragenesis and Classification of the Granite Pegmatites of Iveland, Setesdal, Southern Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 14, 211-311
    • Risør
Brøgger, W.C. (1906): Die Mineralien der südnorwegischen granitpegmatitgänge. I. Niobate, tantalate, titantate und titanoniobate. Videnskabs-Selskabets Skrifter. Math.-Naturv. Klasse 1906. No. 6, p. 16
Rob Lavinsky (Ex. Al Ordway specimen)
    • Tvedestrand
Nijland, T.G., Zwaan, J.C & Touret, L. (1998): Topographical mineralogy of the Bamble sector, south Norway. Scripta Geologica 118, 46 pp
  • Nordland
    • Hamarøy
      • Finnøy
Husdal, T. (2008): The minerals of the pegmatites within the Tysfjord granite, northern Norway. Norsk Bergverksmuseum, skrift 38, 5-28.
    • Tjeldsund
Lindahl. I. (1990): Berylliumsundersøkelse på Tjeldøya, Nordland. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse, Rapport 90.006. 79p.
    • Tysfjord
Dittrich, H. (1980): Die pegmatite von Drag an Tysfjord-Norwegen. Aufschluss 31: 103-111
  • Oppland
    • Lom
      • Leirdalen
Wilke, H.-J. (1976): Mineral-Fundstellen Band 4: Skandinavien. Chr. Weise Verlag, München, 370 pp. (p.125)
  • Østfold
    • Halden
      • Idd
        • Aspedammen
Nilssen, B. (1970): Samarskites. Chemical composition, formula and crystalline phases produced by heating. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 50, 357-373 + Neumann (1985, p. 80).
Brøgger, W.C. (1906): Die Mineralien der Südnorwegischen Granitpegmatitgänge, I. Niobate, tantalate, titanate und titanoniobate. Videnskapsselskapets Skrifter. I.Mat-Naturv. Klasse 1906, 6. 1-162 [p.140]; Kristiansen, R. (2006): Klassiske pegmatittforekomster i Hvaler og Kråkerøy, Østfold. Norsk Bergverksmuseum, skrift 33, 65-74
    • Moss
      • Dillingøya (Dillingö)
Brøgger, W.C. (1906): Die Mineralien der Südnorwegischen Granitpegmatitgänge, I. Niobate, tantalate, titanate und titanoniobate. Videnskapsselskapets Skrifter. I.Mat-Naturv. Klasse 1906, 6. 1-162 [p.139]
        • Tolåsen
Brøgger, W.C. (1906): Die Mineralien der Südnorwegischen Granitpegmatitgänge, I. Niobate, tantalate, titanate und titanoniobate. Videnskapsselskapets Skrifter. I.Mat-Naturv. Klasse 1906, 6. 1-162 [p.138]
Knut Eldjarn photo & collection
    • Sarpsborg
      • Skjeberg
        • Setreåsen
Bjørlykke, H. (1939): Feltspat V. De sjeldne mineraler på de norske granittiske pegmatittganger. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse. 154. 77p.
    • Våler
      • Ånnerud (Ånnerød)
Harald Bjørlykke (1939): Feltspat V. De sjeldne mineraler på de norske granittiske pegmatittganger. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse. 154, 1-78
Brøgger, W.C. (1906): Die Mineralien der Südnorwegischen Granitpegmatitgänge, I. Niobate, tantalate, titanate und titanoniobate. Videnskapsselskapets Skrifter. I.Mat-Naturv. Klasse 1906, 6. 1-162 [p.139]
Harald Bjørlykke (1939): Feltspat V. De sjeldne mineraler på de norske granittiske pegmatittganger. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse. 154, 1-78
Brøgger, W.C. (1906): Die Mineralien der Südnorwegischen Granitpegmatitgänge, I. Niobate, tantalate, titanate und titanoniobate. Videnskapsselskapets Skrifter. I.Mat-Naturv. Klasse 1906, 6. 1-162 [p.139]
  • Troms
    • Tromsø
      • Kvaløya
Sverdrup, T.L.,Thorkildsen, C.D. & Bjørlykke, H. (1967): Uran og Thorium i Norge. Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse 250A, 3-31; Neumann, H. (1985): Norges Mineraler. Norges geologiske Undersøkelse Skrifter 68 p. 80
  • Vest-Agder
    • Lindesnes
      • Vigeland
Nilssen, B. (1970): Samarskites. Chemical composition, formula and crystalline phases produced by heating. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 50, 357-373 + Neumann (1985, p. 80).
Poland
 
  • Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie)
    • Dzierżoniów District
      • Piława Górna (Ober Peilau; Gnadenfrei)
PIECZKA et al. 2010: Nb-Ta minerals in pegmatites in the DSS mine at Piława Górna, Góry Sowie Block, southwestern Poland. Mineralogia - Special Papers, 37.
Pieczka, A., Hawthorne, F.C., Ma, C., Rossman, G.R., Szełęg, E., Szuszkiewicz, A., Turniak, K., Nejbert, K., Ilnicki, S.S., Buffat, P., Rutkowski, B. (2016): Żabińskiite, ideally Ca(Al0.5Ta0.5)(SiO4)O, a new mineral of the titanite group from the Piława Górna pegmatite, the Góry Sowie Block, southwestern Poland, Mineralogical Magazine: 80: (in press; Szuszkiewicz, A., Szełęg, E., Pieczka, A., Ilnicki, S., Nejbert, K., Turniak, K., ... & Michałowski, P. (2013) The Julianna pegmatite vein system at the Piława Górna Mine, Góry Sowie Block, SW Poland–preliminary data on geology and descriptive mineralogy. Geological Quarterly, 2013, 57 (3): 000–000
Romania
 
  • Suceava Co.
    • Suceava district
      • Iacobeni (Jakobeny; Jacobeny; Jakabfalva)
http://minerals-of-the-carpathians.eu
Russia
 
  • Eastern-Siberian Region
    • Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye)
      • Buriatia Republic (Buryatia)
        • Ermakovskoe Be Deposit
          • Zunshibir' valley
Mironov A.G. and Gofman A.F, (1979) Barian betafite in pegmatites of Transbaikalien, - Minerals and Minerals Paragenesisa of Rocks and Ores, Leningrad, Nauka, p.127-132 (in Russian).
        • Mukhorshibir' settlement
          • Zaganskii range
            • Baits Kundui deposit
Iovchev E.S., Kul'tiasov S.V., Pyatnov V.I. Khlopinites in Zaganskii range pegmatites, - Mineral'noe syr'ye, 1937, N9, p.6-15.
      • Chitinskaya Oblast'
Victor V. Sharygin analytycal data (2012)
    • Tuva Republic
no reference
  • Urals Region
    • Southern Urals
      • Chelyabinsk Oblast'
          • Ilmen Natural Reserve
Dana 7:I:761.; Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow; Galina Gubko, Natalia Levtsova (2009) Blyum Pit in the Ilmeny Mountains. Fifth International Symposium Mineral Diversity Research and Preservation pp59-64
            • Lake Ishkul'
Am. Min. 90:1402-1412 (2005); Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
Pavel M. Kartashov data
Saudi Arabia
 
  • Mintaqah Ha'il
Economic Geology (1996) 91:1414-1434
  • Mintaqah Tabuk
    • Midyan
Küster, D. (2009): Ore Geology Reviews 35, 68-86.
Atencio, D., Bastos Neto, A.C., Pereira, V.P., Ferron, J.T.M.M., Hoshino, M., Moriyama, T., Watanabe, Y., Miyawaki, R., Coutinho, J.M.V., Andrade, M.B., Domanik, K., Chukanov, N.V., Momma, K., Hirano, H., Tsunematsu, M. (2015): Waimirite-(Y), orthorhombic YF3, a new mineral from the Pitinga mine, Presidente Figueiredo, Amazonas, Brazil and from Jabal Tawlah, Saudi Arabia: description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 79, 767-780.
Slovakia
 
  • Banská Bystrica Region
    • Lučenec Co.
M. Huraiova et al. , Eur. J. Mineral. , 1996, 8, pp. 901-916.
  • Košice Region
    • Rožňava Co.
Koděra, M. et al., 1986 a 1990 : Topografická mineralógia Slovenska, diel 1- 3, Veda – Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 1990, 1 – 1590k
South Africa
 
  • Limpopo Province
    • Bushveld Complex
      • Waterberg District
        • Thabazimbi
          • Glenover carbonatite
Minerals of South Africa
  • Northern Cape Province
    • Namakwa District (Namaqualand)
      • Gordonia District
Minerals of South Africa
    • ZF Mgcawu District
      • Kenhardt
Minerals of South Africa
Sweden
 
  • Dalarna
    • Gagnef
      • Mockfjärd
    • Säter
      • St. Skedevi
No reference listed
  • Jämtland
    • Bräcke
H-J Wilke (1997) Die Mineralien und Fundstellen von Schweden
  • Uppland
    • Norrtälje
      • Väddö
Dana 7:I:799.
  • Västergötland
    • Ale
      • Nödinge
Natural History Museum, Stockholm collection, inventory # 1989026, Carl Benedicks mineralsamling
    • Svenljunga
  • Västmanland
    • Köping
Öhman, L. (2003): Kolsva fältspatbrott. Litiofilen. 17 (2): 9-14; Langhof, J. (2015): Kolsva fältspatgruva- En av Skandinaviens största fältspatgruvor och Europas största Be-mineralisering. Litiofilen. 32 (4): 31-39
Switzerland
 
  • Ticino (Tessin)
    • Lugano lake
      • Carona
Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. and Stuker, P. (1998): "Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz", Wepf (Basel), p. 359.
Thailand
 
  • Phuket Province
http://amdis.bgl.esdm.go.id/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55:classification-of-tin-bearing-pegmatites-in-phuket&catid=2:mineral-article
Uganda
 
  • Western Region
Gallagher, M.J. (1967): Phosphates and other minerals in pegmatites of Rhodesia and Uganda. Mineralogical Magazine. 36, 50-59
Ukraine
 
  • Zaporozhskaya Oblast' (Zaporiz'ka; Zaporozh'e)
    • Priazovie
      • Eliseevka
        • Eliseevskoe pegmatite field
Lazarenko E.K. e.a. Mineralogy of Priazovie, - Kiev, "Naukova Dumka", 1981, p. 432.
USA
 
  • Alaska
    • Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough
      • Ketchikan District
        • Prince of Wales Island
          • Bokan Mountain
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.
    • Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
      • Innoko District
U.S. Geological Survey, 2008, Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1225.
  • Arizona
    • Mohave Co.
Meeves, H., et al (1966), Reconnaissance of beryllium-bearing pegmatite deposits in six western states, US Bur. Mines Info. Circ. 8298: 20 (Table A-1).
Galbraith, F.W. & Brennan (1959), Mins. of AZ: 41.
Meeves, H., et al (1966), Reconnaissance of beryllium-bearing pegmatite deposits in six western states, US Bur. Mines Info. Circ. 8298: 21 (Table A-1).
      • Greenwood District
Robert B. Scarborough (1981) Radioactive occurrences and uranium production in Arizona GJBX – 143(81)
      • Hualapai (Hualpai) Mts
        • Kingman District
Galbraith, F.W. & Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 41.
    • Pima Co.
      • Rincon Mts
        • Rincon District
MRDS database Dep. ID file #10039667, MRDS ID #M050618.
      • Sierrita Mts
        • Pima District (Olive District; Mineral Hill District; Twin Buttes District)
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 360; Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 41
    • Yavapai Co.
      • Black Hills (Black Hill Range)
        • Verde District
Anthony, J.W., et al (1995), Mineralogy of Arizona, 3rd.ed.: 360; Galbraith, F.W. & D.J. Brennan (1959), Minerals of AZ: 41.
    • Yuma Co.
      • Gila Mts
Keith, Stanton B. (1978) State of Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Geol. Sur. Br. Bull. 192, Index of Mining Properties in Yuma Co., Arizona: 150 (Table 4).
Keith, Stanton B. (1978) State of Arizona Bureau of Geology and Mineral Technology, Geol. Sur. Br. Bull. 192, Index of Mining Properties in Yuma Co., Arizona: 150 (Table 4).
  • California
    • Riverside Co.
      • Lakeview Mts
        • Nuevo
Bradley, W.W. (1939), Thirty-fifth report of the State Mineralogist: California Division Mines Report 35: 207; Murdoch, Joseph (1946), Nuevite, a new rare-earth mineral from California (abstract): Geological Society of America Bulletin: 57: 1219; Murdoch, Joseph (1951c), Notes on California minerals: nuevite = samarskite; trona, and hanksite; Gaylussite: American Mineralogist: 36: 358-361; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 180.
San Diego Natural History Museum
      • Jamul
Chris Stefano
      • Laguna Mts
        • Los Terrenitos
          • Lawson Peak
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 180, 319.
  • Colorado
    • Boulder Co.
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
    • Chaffee Co.
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
    • Clear Creek Co.
"Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997; Meeves, H., et al (1966), Reconnaissance of beryllium-bearing pegmatite deposits in six western states, US Bur. Mines Info. Circ. 8298: 24 (Table A-1).
    • Douglas Co.
"Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", p. 13, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997
Eckel, Edwin B. (1997), Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised.
Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckel, E. B.
    • El Paso Co.
MinRec 16:217-230
    • Fremont Co.
      • Cotopaxi District
        • Cotopaxi
          • Cotopaxi Pegmatite area
"Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", pp. 14-15, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997; USGS Prof. Paper 227
      • Eight Mile Park pegmatite District
"Minerals of Colorado, updated & revised", p. 15, by Eckel, Edwin B., 1997
      • Goldie Gulch
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
      • Gooseberry Gulch
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
      • Kuntz Gulch
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
      • Lookout Mountain Area
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
    • Gunnison Co.
Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckel, E. B.
      • Quartz Creek Pegmatite District
Rocks & Min.: 24:233-234.; American Mineralogist (1936): 20: 319-333
Pearl, 1958. Colorado Gem Trails & Mineral Guide; USGS Proffesional Paper 265
USGS Proffesional Paper 265
    • Jefferson Co.
      • Clear Creek pegmatite Province
Meeves, H., et al (1966), Reconnaissance of beryllium-bearing pegmatite deposits in six western states, US Bur. Mines Info. Circ. 8298: 29 (Table A-1).
        • Centennial Cone
Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckel, E. B.
Meeves, H., et al (1966), Reconnaissance of beryllium-bearing pegmatite deposits in six western states, US Bur. Mines Info. Circ. 8298: 28 (Table A-1).
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
Meeves, H., et al (1966), Reconnaissance of beryllium-bearing pegmatite deposits in six western states, US Bur. Mines Info. Circ. 8298: 29 (Table A-1).
      • Lookout Mountain
        • Branch Ranch
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
      • South Platte Pegmatite District
Rare-Earth Pegmatites of the South Platte District, Colorado CGS Res Ser 11
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
Mineralogical Record: 21: 429.; Simmons W B, Hanson S H, Falster A U (2006) Samarskite-(Yb): a new species of the samarskite group from the Little Patsy pegmatite, Jefferson County, Colorado, The Canadian Mineralogist 44, 1119-1125
Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckel, E. B.
Rare-Earth Pegmatites of the South Platte District, Colorado CGS Res Ser 11
Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckel, E. B.
    • Larimer Co.
      • Crystal Mountain Pegmatite District (Storm Mountain District)
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
    • Mesa Co.
      • Unaweep District
        • Jerome Craig Ranch
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
    • Park Co.
      • Wilkerson Pass Area
Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckel, E. B.
    • Saguache Co.
      • Blake District (Mirage District; Cotton Creek District)
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
      • Crestone District
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
      • Hayden Pass Area
Minerals of Colorado (1997) E.B. Eckel
Minerals of Colorado (1997) Eckel, E. B.
    • Teller Co.
Meeves, H., et al (1966), Reconnaissance of beryllium-bearing pegmatite deposits in six western states, US Bur. Mines Info. Circ. 8298: 31 (Table A-1).
  • Connecticut
    • Fairfield Co.
      • Redding (Reading)
        • Branchville
Januzzi, 1976. Mineral Localities of CT and Southeastern NY State; Januzzi (1994) Mineral Data Book
    • Hartford Co.
      • Glastonbury
Schooner, Richard. (1958): The Mineralogy of the Portland-East Hampton-Middletown-Haddam Area in Connecticut (With a few notes on Glastonbury and Marlborough).
        • South Glastonbury
Rocks & Minerals (1995): 70: 398; Betts (1999)
Harold Moritz collection
Harold Moritz collection
Betts, John. (1999): The Quarries and Minerals of the Dayton Road District, South Glastonbury, Connecticut. Rocks and Minerals. Volume 74, Number 2. pp. 110-121.; Rocks & Minerals (1995) 70:396-409
Davis, Fred E. and Stefan Nicolescu. (2011): Samarskite Rediscovered at the Spinelli Prospect, Glastonbury, Connecticut. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History: 52(1):135-152; Rocks & Min.: 62:413; Wells, R. C., 1937, Analyses of Rocks and Minerals from the Laboratory of the United States Geological Survey 1914-36, U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 878; Hanson, S. L., Jarnot, B. M., Falster, A. U., Simmons, W. B., Nizamoff, J. W., 2003, Nb-Ta-Ti oxide minerals from two pegmatites of the Middletown area, Connecticut, Rochester Mineralogical Symposium Abstracts, pp. 11-12; USGS Prof Paper 255; Albini, A.J. and Moritz, H. (2013), Collecting samarskite at the historic Spinelli prospect, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut. The 40th Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, Contributed Papers in Specimen Mineralogy, 8.
    • Middlesex Co.
      • East Hampton (Chatham)
Januzzi, 1976. Mineral Localities of CT and Southeastern NY State, p147. Schooner (1958)
      • Middletown
        • White Rock District (White Rocks District)
Schooner (1958)
      • Portland
Albini, Anthony J. (1979), Selected Pegmatite Quarries of the Central Connecticut Region. Masters thesis.
        • Collins Hill
Januzzi, 1976. Mineral Localities of Connecticut and Southeastern New York State (Taylor Assoc./Mineralogical Press); Rocks & Minerals (1955) 30:351-358
          • Strickland pegmatite (Strickland-Cramer Quarry; Strickland-Cramer Mine; Strickland-Cramer Feldspar-Mica Quarries)
Schooner, Richard. (1955): 90 Minerals from 1 Connecticut Hill. Rocks & Minerals: 30(7-8): 351-8.; Schooner, Richard. (1958): The Mineralogy of the Portland-East Hampton-Middletown-Haddam Area in Connecticut (With a few notes on Glastonbury and Marlborough). Published by Richard Schooner; Ralph Lieser of Pappy’s Beryl Shop, East Hampton; and Howard Pate of Fluorescent House, Branford, Connecticut.
Dana 7:I:799.
  • Georgia
    • DeKalb Co.
Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences. Robert Cook GGWRD Bull 92
    • Greene Co.
      • Union Point
Minerals of Georgia: Their properties and occurrences. Robert Cook GGWRD Bull 92
  • Idaho
    • Boise Co.
R&M 70:4 pp 242-263
Ream, Lanny R. 2004. Idaho Minerals, 2nd edition, Revised and Updated
      • Garden Valley District
R&M 70:4 pp 242-263
R&M 70:4 pp 242-263
R&M 70:4 pp 242-263
R&M 70:4 pp 242-263
      • Idaho City District
Ream, Lanny R. 2004. Idaho Minerals, 2nd edition, Revised and Updated
Ream, Lanny R. 2004. Idaho Minerals, 2nd edition, Revised and Updated
      • Redfish Lake area
        • Unorganized District
Ream, Lanny R. 2004. Idaho Minerals, 2nd edition, Revised and Updated
    • Elmore Co.
      • Rocky Bar District
Ream, Lanny R. 2004. Idaho Minerals, 2nd edition, Revised and Updated; USGS Bull 1042K
  • Maine
    • Oxford Co.
Actual locality was Topsham, Maine. Tony Nikischer, pers. com., 2008
    • Sagadahoc Co.
      • Topsham
King, V.T., 2000. Mineralogy of Maine, v.2.
King, V. and Foord, E., 1994, Mineralogy of Maine, volume 1; King, V. and Foord, E., 2000, Mineralogy of Maine, volume 2.
  • Massachusetts
    • Hampden Co.
      • Blandford
"Western Massachusetts Mineral Localities" by Plante, A.R., Valley Geology Press, 1992
  • Montana
    • Jefferson Co.
      • Boulder Batholith
        • Boulder District
          • Boulder
USGS Bulletin 988-G(1953)
    • Madison Co.
Gobla, M.J. (2012) Montana mineral locality index. Rocks & Minerals, 87, #3, 208-240.
    • Ravalli Co.
      • Rye Creek District
Gobla, M.J. (2012) Montana mineral locality index. Rocks & Minerals, 87, #3, 208-240; Chris Tucker and John Betts specimens.
  • Nevada
    • Clark Co.
      • Gold Butte District
NBMG Bull 62 Geology and Mineral Deposits of Clark County, Nevada
    • Esmeralda Co.
      • White Mts
NBMG Bull 78 Geology and Mineral Deposits of Esmeralda County, Nevada
    • Mineral Co.
      • Buena Vista District
NBMG Bull 58 Geology and Mineral Resources of Mineral County, Nevada
      • Marietta District
NBMG Spec. Pub. 31 Minerals of Nevada
  • New Hampshire
    • Carroll Co.
      • Hale's Location
        • Middle Moat Mountain locality (Moat Mountain)
Camp, Kristen F. (2011), "Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Anorogenic Granitic Miarolitic Pegmatites Associated with the White Mountain Intrusive Suite, New Hampshire." University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations. Paper 1363.
      • Wakefield
Nashua Mineral Society Display Catalog, 1995; USGS Prof Paper 255; Tom Mortimer, pers. comm. 2011
    • Grafton Co.
      • Bethlehem
Rocks & Minerals (2005) 80:242-261 New Hampshire Mineral Locality Index
  • New Jersey
    • Sussex Co.
      • Byram Township
        • Cranberry Lake
A Quest for New Jersey Minerals, Robert Speiser(1978).
  • New Mexico
    • Grant Co.
      • Gold Hill District
NMBMMR Bull 83 Mineral Deposits of Western Grant County, New Mexico
Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
    • Mora Co.
Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
    • Rio Arriba Co.
Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Northrop, Minerals of New Mexico, 3rd rev. Ed., 1996; Edward C. Bingler (1968) Geology and Mineral Resources of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. NMBMGR Bulletin 81; Michael N. Spilde, Steve Dubyk, Brian Salem, and William P. Moats, (2011) Rare earth bearing-minerals of the Petaca district, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Fall Field Conference Guidebook – 62 Geology of the Tusas Mountains and Ojo Caliente pp. 389-398.
        • Alamos area
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
        • Cribbenville area
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.; Edward C. Bingler (1968) Geology and Mineral Resources of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. NMBMGR Bulletin 81; Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
NMBMMR Bull 87 Mineral and Water Resources of New Mexico; Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
        • La Jarita-Apache area
Edward C. Bingler (1968) Geology and Mineral Resources of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. NMBMGR Bulletin 81
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
All minerals were personally collected, and identified by David Aldridge, additional analysis perormed by Donald Slater, final analysis done by Carol Fry
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.; Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
        • La Madera-Paloma Canyon area
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.; Michael N. Spilde, Steve Dubyk, Brian Salem, and William P. Moats, (2011) Rare earth bearing-minerals of the Petaca district, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Fall Field Conference Guidebook – 62 Geology of the Tusas Mountains and Ojo Caliente pp. 389-398.
        • Las Tablas
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
NMBMMR Bull 87 Mineral and Water Resources of New Mexico; Edward C. Bingler (1968) Geology and Mineral Resources of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. NMBMGR Bulletin 81; Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.; Bull 167 University of New Mexico, December, 1929 Vol. IV. No. 2
        • Persimmon Peak-Las Tablas Group
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
        • South Petaca
Edward C. Bingler (1968) Geology and Mineral Resources of Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. NMBMGR Bulletin 81; Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
    • San Miguel Co.
Northrop, Minerals of New Mexico, 3rd Rev. Ed., 1996
Jahns, R. H., (1946) Mica Deposits of the Petaca District, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, with Brief Descriptions of the Ojo Caliente District, Rio Arriba County, and the Elk Mountain District, San Miguel County. NMBMGR Bulletin 25.
Northrop, Minerals of New Mexico, 3rd rev. ed, 1996
Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
    • Taos Co.
Minerals of New Mexico 3rd ed.
  • New York
    • Lewis Co.
Jensen (1978) Minerals of New York State, p.152
  • North Carolina
Smithsonian Institution Mineral Reference Collection No.121561-00
    • Burke Co.
      • Brindletown
Rocks & Min.:60:86.
      • Cashiers
Wilson,W.F and McKenzie,B.J,1978,Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina,Information Circular 24
Genth,F.A.,1891,The Minerals Of North Carolina:USGS Bulletion No.74
      • Montreat
Wilson,W.F and McKenzie,B.J, 1978, Mineral Collecting Sites In North Carolina
    • Mitchell Co.
Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina- W.F. Wilson and B.J. McKenzie-1980
      • Grassy Creek
Dana 6:740.
U.S Bureau of Mines/Spatial Data from the Minerals System/Mineral Industry Location System(Mas/Mils)CD-Rom,Sep,1995
U.S Bureau of Mines/Spatial Data from the Minerals System/Mineral Industry Location System(Mas/Mils)CD-Rom,Sep,1995
      • Spruce Pine District
        • Crabtree Creek
U.S Bureau of Mines/Spatial Data from the Minerals System/Mineral Industry Location System(Mas/Mils)CD-Rom,Sep,1995
        • Spruce Pine
Smithsonian Institution Mineral Reference Collection No.105590-00
          • Greasy Creek Township
Genth,F.A.,1891,The Minerals Of North Carolina:USGS Bulletion No.74
[MinRec 27:289-290]
Genth, F.A (1891) The Minerals Of North Carolina: USGS Bulletion No.74
      • Bryson City Feldspar District
Wilson,W.F,and McKenzie,B.J,1978,Mineral Collecting Sites in North Carolina,Information Circular 24
Wilson,W.F and McKenzie,B.J (1978) Mineral Collecting Sites In North Carolina :NCGS Information Circular 24
Warner,Richard.,Poterala,Stephen and Fleisher,Chris.,(2008) A Note On Uranium Minerals From The Spruce Pine Area,North Carolina: Carolina Geological Society,2008,Annual Meeting,Spruce Pine Mining District
      • Spruce Pine District
        • Celo
          • Micaville
Mineralogical Research Company
U.S Bureau of Mines/Spatial Data from the Minerals System/Mineral Industry Location System(Mas/Mils)CD-Rom,Sep,1995
        • Crabtree Creek
Lesure, Frank G.,(1968) Mica Deposits of the Blue Ridge in North Carolina:USGS Professional Paper 577
      • Toe River
Warner,Richard.,Poterala,Stephen and Fleisher,Chris (2008) A Note On UraniumMinerals From The Spruce Pine Area,North Carolina: Carolina Geological Society,2008,Annual Meeting, Spruce Pine Mining District
  • Pennsylvania
    • Delaware Co.
      • Middletown Township
        • Elwyn
Gordon, 1922. Mineralogy of Pennsylvania
Gordon's Mineralogy of Pennsylvania (1922) p. 191
  • Texas
    • Burnet Co.
Self-Collected by Franklin Roberts
Crook, Wilson W. III (1977) Texasite, a new mineral: the first example of a differentiated rare-earth species. American Mineralogist: 62: 1006-1008.; Rocks & Minerals (1991) 66(3): 196-224.
    • Llano Co.
      • Bluffton
R&M 66:3 pp 196-224
R&M 66:3 pp 196-224
      • Kingsland Granite Company Quarry (Petrick Quarry)
Arthur Smith, Frank Roberts, Denise Bicknell (2008) Mineral News, 24, #1, 6-7.
      • Llano
R&M 66:3 pp 196-224
  • Utah
    • Tooele Co.
      • Granite Mountain
UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
      • Sheeprock Mts
        • East Erickson District
UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
  • Virginia
    • Amelia Co.
      • Amelia (Amelia Court House)
Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
      • Winterham
Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    • Bedford Co.
      • Moneta-Forest
        • Otter Hill
Rocks & Min.: 60:165.
Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
Minerals of Virginia 1990 by R. V. Dietrich
    • Powhatan Co.
      • Flat Rock
Rocks & Min.: 60:168.
  • Washington
    • Ferry Co.
      • Colville Indian Reservation
        • San Poil District (Keller District)
          • West Fork San Poil River
Minerals of Washington, B. Cannon, 1975
    • Stevens Co.
      • Orient District
        • Sand Creek
Minerals of Washington, B. Cannon, 1975
  • Wisconsin
    • Marathon Co.
      • Wausau Intrusive Complex
        • Nine Mile Pluton
www.uwrf.edu/~wc01
    • Wood Co.
Rocks & Minerals 82:409-410
Buchholz, T.W., Falster, A.U., Simmons, W.B. (2006) 33rd Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, abstracts, 18-19.
Zambia
 
  • North-Western Province
    • South East Solwezi
Picenza B. (1975) - Nuovo gacimento di Davidite nello Zambia - Notizie del Gruppo Min,. Lombardo, Milano, fasc. 1, March 1975,pp. 13-14
Zimbabwe
 
  • Mashonaland East
    • Mutoko District (Mtoko District)
      • Mutoko
Gallagher, M.J. (1967): Phosphates and other minerals in pegmatites of Rhodesia and Uganda. Mineralogical Magazine. 36, 50-59
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