Tugarinovite
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About Tugarinovite
Formula:
MoO2
Colour:
Dark lilac-brown,
Lustre:
Greasy, Metallic
Hardness:
4½
Specific Gravity:
6.58 (Calculated)
Crystal System:
Monoclinic
Name:
Named in honor of Aleksei Ivanovich Tugarinov (Алексей Иванович Тугаринов) (12 March 1917, Petrograd, Russian empire - 12 July 1977, Moscow, USSR), geochemist, Vernadskii Institute (Moscow).
Type Locality:
This page provides mineralogical data about Tugarinovite.
Classification of Tugarinovite
Approved
Approval year:
1979
4/D.28-10
4.DB.05
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
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
4.4.15.1
4 : SIMPLE OXIDES
4 : AX2
4 : SIMPLE OXIDES
4 : AX2
7.15.1
7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
15 : Oxides of Mo and W
7 : Oxides and Hydroxides
15 : Oxides of Mo and W
Physical Properties of Tugarinovite
Greasy, Metallic
Transparency:
Opaque
Colour:
Dark lilac-brown,
Streak:
Greenish gray
Hardness:
4½ on Mohs scale
Hardness:
VHN20=300 kg/mm2 (15 s test time) - Vickers
Density:
6.58 g/cm3 (Calculated)
Optical Data of Tugarinovite
Anisotropism:
very strong pale yellowish to blueish olive-brown
Bireflectance:
strong - light gray to dark rose
Internal Reflections:
None
Chemical Properties of Tugarinovite
Formula:
MoO2
Elements listed:
Crystallography of Tugarinovite
Crystal System:
Monoclinic
Class (H-M):
2/m - Prismatic
Space Group:
P21/b
Setting:
P21/c
Cell Parameters:
a = 5.59(1) Å, b = 4.82(1) Å, c = 5.51(1) Å
β = 119.32°
β = 119.32°
Ratio:
a:b:c = 1.16 : 1 : 1.143
Unit Cell V:
129.44 ų (Calculated from Unit Cell)
Z:
4
Twinning:
polysynthetically twinned
Comment:
by analogy to synthetic material
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ID | Species | Reference | Link | Year | Locality | Pressure (GPa) | Temp (K) |
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0011769 | Tugarinovite | Wyckoff R W G (1963) Second edition. Interscience Publishers, New York, New York Crystal Structures 1 239-444 | 1963 | 0 | 293 |
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Geological Environment
Paragenetic Mode(s):
• Silica veins
Type Occurrence of Tugarinovite
General Appearance of Type Material:
prismatic to thick tabular 0.5 to 1.5mm
Place of Conservation of Type Material:
A.E. Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 81395.
Geological Setting of Type Material:
hypogene veins
Associated Minerals at Type Locality:
Synonyms of Tugarinovite
Other Language Names for Tugarinovite
Common Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
9 photos of Tugarinovite associated with Ilsemannite | Mo3O8 · nH2O |
7 photos of Tugarinovite associated with Anhydrite | CaSO4 |
Related Minerals - Nickel-Strunz Grouping
4.DB.05 | Argutite | GeO2 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mnm |
4.DB.05 | Cassiterite | SnO2 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mnm |
4.DB.05 | Plattnerite | PbO2 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mnm |
4.DB.05 | Pyrolusite | Mn4+O2 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mnm |
4.DB.05 | Rutile | TiO2 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mnm |
4.DB.05 | Tripuhyite | Fe3+Sb5+O4 | Tet. |
4.DB.05 | Varlamoffite | (Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2 | |
4.DB.10 | Byströmite | MgSb2O6 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4/nmm |
4.DB.10 | Tapiolite-(Fe) | Fe2+Ta2O6 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mnm |
4.DB.10 | Tapiolite-(Mn) | Mn2+Ta2O6 | Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P42/mnm |
4.DB.10 | Ordoñezite | ZnSb2O6 | Tet. |
4.DB.15b | Akhtenskite | ε-Mn4+O2 | Hex. 6/mmm (6/m 2/m 2/m) : P63/mmc |
4.DB.15c | Nsutite | (Mn4+,Mn2+)(O,OH)2 | Hex. |
4.DB.15a | Paramontroseite | V4+O2 | Orth. |
4.DB.15a | Ramsdellite | Mn4+O2 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
4.DB.20 | Scrutinyite | α-PbO2 | Orth. |
4.DB.25 | Ishikawaite | U4+Fe2+Nb2O8 | Mon. |
4.DB.25 | Ixiolite | (Ta,Nb,Sn,Fe,Mn)4O8 | Orth. |
4.DB.25 | Samarskite-(Y) | YFe3+Nb2O8 | Mon. 2/m : P2/b |
4.DB.25 | Srilankite | ZrTi2O6 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn |
4.DB.25 | Yttrocolumbite-(Y) | Y(U4+,Fe2+)Nb2O8 | |
4.DB.25 | Calciosamarskite | (Ca,Fe3+,Y)2(Nb,Ta,Ti)2O8 | Mon. |
4.DB.25 | Samarskite-(Yb) | (Yb,Y,U,Th,Ca,Fe)(Nb,Ta)2O8 | Mon. 2/m : P2/b |
4.DB.30 | Ferberite | FeWO4 | Mon. 2/m : P2/b |
4.DB.30 | Hübnerite | MnWO4 | Mon. 2/m : P2/b |
4.DB.30 | Sanmartinite | (Zn,Fe)WO4 | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
4.DB.30 | Krasnoselskite | CoWO4 | Mon. |
4.DB.30 | Heftetjernite | ScTaO4 | Mon. 2/m |
4.DB.30 | Huanzalaite | MgWO4 | Mon. 2/m : P2/b |
4.DB.35 | Columbite-(Fe) | Fe2+Nb2O6 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn |
4.DB.35 | Tantalite-(Fe) | Fe2+Ta2O6 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn |
4.DB.35 | Columbite-(Mn) | Mn2+Nb2O6 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn |
4.DB.35 | Tantalite-(Mn) | Mn2+Ta2O6 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn |
4.DB.35 | Columbite-(Mg) | (Mg,Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)2O6 | Orth. |
4.DB.35 | Qitianlingite | (Fe,Mn)2(Nb,Ta)2WO10 | Orth. |
4.DB.35 | Magnocolumbite | (Mg,Fe,Mn)(Nb,Ta)2O6 | |
4.DB.35 | Tantalite-(Mg) | (Mg,Fe2+)(Ta,Nb)2O6 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) |
4.DB.40 | Ferrowodginite | Fe2+Sn4+Ta2O8 | Mon. |
4.DB.40 | Lithiotantite | LiTa3O8 | Mon. |
4.DB.40 | Lithiowodginite | LiTa3O8 | Mon. |
4.DB.40 | Titanowodginite | Mn2+TiTa2O8 | Mon. |
4.DB.40 | Wodginite | Mn2+Sn4+Ta2O8 | Mon. 2/m : B2/b |
4.DB.40 | Ferrotitanowodginite | Fe2+TiTa2O8 | Mon. |
4.DB.40 | Wolframowodginite | Mn(Mn,Sn,Fe,Ta)(W,Ta,Nb)2O8 | |
4.DB.45 | Tivanite | V3+TiO3(OH) | Mon. |
4.DB.50 | Carmichaelite | (Ti,Cr,Fe)[O2-x(OH)x] | Mon. 2/m : P21/b |
4.DB.55 | Alumotantite | AlTaO4 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn |
4.DB.60 | Biehlite | ((Sb,As)O)2[MoO4] | Mon. |
Related Minerals - Hey's Chemical Index of Minerals Grouping
7.15.2 | Molybdite | MoO3 | Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcm |
7.15.3 | Sidwillite | MoO3 · 2H2O | Mon. |
7.15.4 | Ilsemannite | Mo3O8 · nH2O | |
7.15.5 | Tungstite | WO3 · H2O | Orth. |
7.15.6 | Hydrotungstite | WO3 · 2H2O | Mon. |
7.15.7 | Meymacite | WO3 · 2H2O | Amor. |
7.15.8 | Alumotungstite | ◻2W2O6(H2O) | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
7.15.9 | Jixianite | Pb(W,Fe3+)2(O,OH)7 | Iso. m3m (4/m 3 2/m) : Fd3m |
Other Information
Electrical:
Electric conductor (Ben-Dor and Shimony 1974)
Notes:
dissolved in strong nitric acid after 3-5 hours.
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 Tugarinovite
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Ben-Dor, L., Shimony, Y. (1974) Crystal structure, magnetic susceptibility and electrical conductivity of pure and NiO-doped MoO2 and WO2. Materials Research Bulletin: 9: 837-844.
Kruglova V.G., Poteryaikina A.A., Sidorenko G.A., Dubakina L.S., Ryabeva E.G. (1980) Tugarinovite, (MoO2), a new hypogene molybdenum mineral. Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva: 109: 465-468
Fleischer M., Pabst A. (1981) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 66: 438-439.
Kruglova, A. G. (1982). Tugarinovite, MoO2, a new hypogene molybdenum mineral. International Geology Review, 24(5), 617-620.
Kruglova, V.G, Sidorenko, G.A., Ryabeva, Y.G., Poteryaykina, A.A., Dubakina, L.S.(1984) New data on tugarinovite. Doklady Akad. Nauk SSSR, Earth Sciences Section: 264: 149-152.
Hawthorne F.C., Burke E.A.J., Ercit T.S., Grew E.S., Grice J.D., Jambor J.L., Puziewicz J., Roberts A.C., Vanko D.A. (1988) New mineral names. American Mineralogist: 73: 189-199.
Australian Journal of Chemistry (1995): 1473.
Internet Links for Tugarinovite
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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Czech Republic | |
| www.gpkv.cz/haldy.html |
Japan | |
| (E. Nitta, M. Kimata, M. Hoshino, T. Echigo, S. Hamasaki, H. Shinohara, N. Nishida, T. Hatta, M. Shimizu (2006) “High-temperature sublimate minerals from Iwodake volcano, Satsuma-Iwojima, Kyusyu, Southwestern Japan.” –oral presentation at IMA meeting in Kobe.) |
E. Nitta, M. Kimata, M. Hoshino, T. Echigo, S. Hamasaki, H. Shinohara, N. Nishida, T. Hatta, M. Shimizu (2006) “High-temperature sublimate minerals from Iwodake volcano, Satsuma-Iwojima, Kyusyu, Southwestern Japan.” –oral presentation at IMA meeting in Kobe. | |
Nitta, E., Kimata, M., Hoshino, M., Echigo, T. Hamasaki, S., Shinohara, H., Nishida, N., Hatta, T., Shimizu, M. (2006) High-temperature sublimate minerals from Iwodake volcano, Satsuma-Iwojima, Kyusyu, Southwestern Japan. Japanese Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences, 35: 270-281. | |
Mexico | |
| 72nd Meteor.Soc. Meeting, Abs. 5090(2009) |
Russia (TL) | |
| Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow |
| http://maurice.strahlen.org/kurilles/kurilles.htm; Yudovskaya, M. A., Distler, V. V., Chaplygin, I. V., Mokhov, A. V., Trubkin, N. V., & Gorbacheva, S. A. (2006). Gaseous transport and deposition of gold in magmatic fluid: evidence from the active Kudryavy volcano, Kurile Islands. Mineralium Deposita, 40(8), 828. |
| Frascoli, F., & Hudson-Edwards, K. A. (2018). Geochemistry, mineralogy and microbiology of molybdenum in mining-affected environments. Minerals, 8(2), 42. |
Main Crater, Iodake, Satsuma-Ioujima, Mishima village, Kagoshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan