Burbankite

Burbankite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Burbankite, etc.

Olenii Ruchei, The Carbonatite Stock in the vicinity of Tul'ilukht Bay, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Strontioburbankite, etc.

N'orkpakhk Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Burbankite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Burbankite, etc.

Olenii Ruchei, The Carbonatite Stock in the vicinity of Tul'ilukht Bay, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Strontioburbankite, etc.

N'orkpakhk Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

Burbankite

Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada

Burbankite, etc.

Olenii Ruchei, The Carbonatite Stock in the vicinity of Tul'ilukht Bay, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia

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Classification of BurbankiteHide

Physical Properties of BurbankiteHide

Optical Data of BurbankiteHide

Type:

Uniaxial (-)

RI values:

n_ω = 1.616 - 1.635 n_ε = 1.597 - 1.623

Max Birefringence:

δ = 0.019

Image shows birefringence interference colour range (at 30µm thickness)
and does not take into account mineral colouration.

Surface Relief:

Moderate

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Radiation - Copper Kα

Data Set: Cerro Sapo, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia 1959

Data courtesy of RRUFF project at University of Arizona, used with permission.

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- 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.

Afghanistan
Helmand Dushan District Khanneshin complex ⓘ Central Khanneshin deposit	Orris, G.J., and Bliss, J.D. (2002): Mines and Mineral Occurrences of Afghanistan. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-110
Angola
Huambo Province Longonjo City Council ⓘ Mount Chibilundo	Castellano Calvo A, Melgarejo Draper J C, Kamenetsky V, Kamenetsky M (2014) Natrocarbonatite composition of melt inclusions from Bailundo and Longonjo carbonatites (Angola). 21 st meeting of the International Mineralogical Association. p 249
Bolivia
Cochabamba Ayopaya Province ⓘ Cerro Sapo	Powder XRD and EDS by Dr. Anthony R. Kampf, April-May 2005.
Brazil
Minas Gerais Araxá ⓘ Barreiro	Traversa, G., Gomes, C. B., Brotzu, P., Buraglini, N., Morbidelli, L., Principato, M. S., ... & Ruberti, E. (2001). Petrography and mineral chemistry of carbonatites and mica-rich rocks from the Araxá complex (Alto Paranaíba Province, Brazil). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 73(1), 71-98.; Berger, V.I., Singer, D.A., and Orris, G.J., 2009, Carbonatites of the world, explored deposits of Nb and REE; database and grade and tonnage models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1139, 17 p. and database.
ⓘ Araxá complex	Gomide, C. S. (2015). Geoquímica e química mineral de carbonatitos e isótopos estáveis em carbonatitos da província ígnea do alto Paranaíba. PhD thesis University of Brasilia
ⓘ Poços de Caldas alkaline complex	ATENCIO, D., COUTINHO, J.M.C., ULBRICH, M.N.C., VLACH, S.R.F., RASTVETAEVA, R.K. & PUSHCHAROVSKY, D.Yu. (1999) Hainite from Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Canadian Mineralogist, 37, 91-98.; Andrezza Azzi, Daniel Atencio, Marcelo Andrade, Reynaldo Contreira (2018) Crystal-chemistry of Y-poor hainite-(Y) from Poços de Caldas alkaline complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil. in abstracts of the 22nd IMA Meeting Melbourne p 226
Poços de Caldas ⓘ Bortolan quarry	Azzi, Andrezza de Almeida (2017) Rare Minerals from Poços de Caldas, MG
ⓘ Prefeitura quarry	Horváth, Menezes, Toft ollections - confirmed by XRD & microprobe
São Paulo Cajati ⓘ Jacupiranga mine	Costanzo, A., Moore, K. R., Wall, F., & Feely, M. (2006). Fluid inclusions in apatite from Jacupiranga calcite carbonatites: evidence for a fluid-stratified carbonatite magma chamber. Lithos, 91(1), 208-228.
Cameroon
South Region Kribi ⓘ Eboundja (Ebounja)	Cesbron et al. (1988)
Canada
British Columbia Omenica Mining Division Williston Lake ⓘ Aley Deposit (Aley Creek Carbonatite Complex)	Berger, V.I., Singer, D.A., and Orris, G.J. (2009): USGS Open-File Report 09-1139; Chakhmouradian, A. R., Reguir, E. P., Kressall, R. D., Crozier, J., Pisiak, L. K., Sidhu, R., & Yang, P. (2015). Carbonatite-hosted niobium deposit at Aley, northern British Columbia (Canada): Mineralogy, geochemistry and petrogenesis. Ore Geology Reviews, 64, 642-666.
Ontario Thunder Bay District O'Meara Township ⓘ Chipman Lake carbonatite	Platt & Wooley (1990)
Québec Laurentides Deux-Montagnes RCM Oka ⓘ Oka complex	Chen, W., Kamenetsky, V. S., & Simonetti, A. (2013). Evidence for the alkaline nature of parental carbonatite melts at Oka complex in Canada. Nature communications, 4, ncomms3687.
Montérégie La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM ⓘ Mont Saint-Hilaire	Chen, T.T., Chao, G.Y. (1974), Burbankite from Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec. Canadian Mineralogist: 12: 342-345.
ⓘ Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH)	Chen, T.T., Chao, G.Y. (1974), Burbankite from Mont St-Hilaire, Quebec. Canadian Mineralogist: 12: 342-345.
Montréal ⓘ Miron Quarry	SABINA, A.P. (1978) Some new mineral occurrences in Canada. Geological Survey of Canada,Paper 78-1A, 253-258.
Nord-du-Québec ⓘ Montviel carbonatite complex	Nadeau, O., Stevenson, R. and Jébrak, M. (2014) The geology, petrology and geochemistry of the Montviel alkaline-carbonatite hosted lanthanide-Nb ore deposit, Abitibi, Canada. Abstract with Program, GAC/MAC Annual meeting 2014. 1p.
China
Hubei Shennongjia Forest District ⓘ Shaxiongdong carbonatite	Tong Wang and Faming Yan (1989): Acta Mineralogica Sinica 9(4), 345-351
Shiyan Zhushan Co. ⓘ Miaoya carbonatite	Orris, G.J., and Grauch, R.I. (2002): USGS Open-File Report 02-189, 174 pp.
Denmark
Greenland Qeqqata Maniitsoq Island Maniitsoq ⓘ Qaqqaarsuk (Qaqarssuk)	Petersen, O. V. and Secher, K. (1993): The minerals of Greenland, The Mineralogical Record, Vol. 24(2), 1-65
Sermersooq ⓘ Ikka-Grønnedal Complex (Ika-Grønnedal)	http://www.handbookofmineralogy.org/pdfs/burbankite.pdf
Finland
Lapland Savukoski Tulppio ⓘ Sokli carbonatite complex	Vartiainen, H. 1975. Esitelmäselostus. Geologi 27 (3), 79.
Mongolia
Dornogovi Aimag Hövsgöl ⓘ Lugeengol REE deposit (Lugin Gol; Lugiin Gol; Lugin Gel)	Kynický, J. & Samec, P. (2005): Hydrothermally-metasomatic and exsolution-like mineralization of the carbonatites from selected localities at Gobi. Mongolian Geoscientist. sv. 9, č. 27, s. 52-55.; Kynicky, J., et al., (2018) The role of carbonate-fluoride melt immiscibility in shallow REE deposit evolution, Geoscience Frontiers.
Namibia
Otjozondjupa Region Omatako Kalkfeld ⓘ Kalkfeld complex	American Mineralogist, Vol. 84, pp. 1117-1125, 1999.; New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64
Otjiwarongo ⓘ Okorusu Mine (Okarusu Mine)	Buhn, B., Rankin, A.H., Schneider, J. and Dulski, P. (2002). The nature of orthomagmatic carbonatitic fluids precipitating REE, Sr-rich fluorite: fluid-inclusion evidence from the Okorusu fluorite deposit, Namibia. Chemical Geology, 186, 75-98.
New Zealand
West Coast Region Westland District Burke River ⓘ Twirligig ?	Cooper, A.F. (1996) Nb-rich baotite in carbonatites and fenites at Haast River, New Zealand. Mineralogical Magazine Vol. 60, 473-482.
Paraguay
Alto Paraguay Department ⓘ Cerro Boggiani	Comin-Chiaramonti, P., Renzulli, A., Ridolfi, F., Enrich, G. E., Gomes, C. B., De Min, A., ... & Ruberti, E. (2016). Late-stage magmatic to deuteric/metasomatic accessory minerals from the Cerro Boggiani agpaitic complex (Alto Paraguay Alkaline Province). Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 71, 248-261.
Poland
Podlaskie Voivodeship ⓘ Tajno alkaline-carbonatite massif	W. Ryka - Geology of the Tajno Massif carbonatites; Kubicki, S., & Ryka, W. (1984). Późnoprekambryjski magmatyzm platformowy i karbonatyty w polskiej części platformy wschodnioeuropejskiej. Przegląd Geologiczny, 32(5), 252-259.; Specjalne, P. T. M. P. (2005) Fluid Inclusions and Cathodoluminescence of Fluorite from Carbonatites of the Tajno Massif, NE Poland. in Mineralogical Society of Poland – Special Papers; Volume 26, 2005 ; Specjalne, P. T. M. P. (2005) Fluid Inclusions and Cathodoluminescence of Fluorite from Carbonatites of the Tajno Massif, NE Poland. in Mineralogical Society of Poland – Special Papers; Volume 26, 2005
Portugal
Faro Monchique Monchique ⓘ Palmeiras No. 2 quarry	- P. ALVES, C. LEAL GOMES (2010). Mineralização Sr-Ba tardia em cavidades de rochas filonianas subsaturadas do Maciço Alcalino de Monchique. CNG 2010 (Braga, Portugal)
Romania
Hunedoara Hunedoara Boșorod ⓘ Cioclovina cave	Onac, B.P., Breban, R., Kearns, J., and Tamas, T. (2002) Unusual minerals related to phosphate deposits in Cioclovina Cave, Şureanu Mts. (Romania). Theoretical and Applied Karstology: 15: 27-34.; Onac, B.P.; Bernhardt, H.-J.; Effenberger, H. (2009): Authigenic burbankite in the Cioclovina Cave sediments (Romania). European Journal of Mineralogy 21, 507-514.
Russia
Chelyabinsk Oblast ⓘ Vishnevye Mts (Vishnyovye; Cherry)	New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64
ⓘ Kapital'naya mine	Handbook of Mineralogy
ⓘ Karavai Mt	Handbook of Mineralogy
Irkutsk Oblast ⓘ Nizhnesayanskii carbonatite	Handbook of Mineralogy
Krasnoyarsk Krai ⓘ Chuktukon carbonatite massif	Doroshkevich, A. G., Chebotarev, D. A., Sharygin, V. V., Prokopyev, I. R., & Nikolenko, A. M. (2019). Petrology of alkaline silicate rocks and carbonatites of the Chuktukon massif, Chadobets upland, Russia: Sources, evolution and relation to the Triassic Siberian LIP. Lithos, 332, 245-260.
Murmansk Oblast ⓘ Afrikanda complex	New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64
Khibiny Massif ⓘ Koashva Mt	PEKOV, I.V. & NIKOLAEV, A.P. (2013) Minerals of the pegmatites and hydrothermal assemblages of the Koashva deposit (Khibiny, Kola Peninsula, Russia). Mineralogical Almanac 189(2), 7-65.
ⓘ Kukisvumchorr Mt	Pekov, I.V. & Podlesnyi, A.S. (2004): Kukisvumchorr Deposit: Mineralogy of Alkaline Pegmatites and Hydrotermalites. Mineralogical Almanac, vol. 7, 140 pages + xxiv photo's pages
Kirovskii apatite mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirovskii Mine; Kirov Mine) ⓘ Hilairitovoye pegmatite	Pekov, I. et al (2003): New Data on Minerals: 38: 20-33.
ⓘ N'orkpakhk Mt (Niorkpakhk; Nyorkpukhk; N'Yourpakhk)	I.V. Pekov analytical data
ⓘ Restin'yun Mt	Pekov, I. (1998) Minerals First discovered on the territory of the former Soviet Union 369p. Ocean Pictures, Moscow
ⓘ The Carbonatite Stock in the vicinity of Tul'ilukht Bay	Kirnarskiy, Yu.M., Kozyreva, L.V. [Кирнарский, Ю.М., Козырева, Л.В.] (1974): On the carbonate veins in rocks of the Khibiny alkaline massif [О карбонатных жилах в породах Хибинского щелочного массива]. In: Minerals and parageneses of minerals of magmatic and metasomatic rocks [Минералы и парагенезисы минералов магматических и метасоматических горных пород]. Nauka, Leningrad, pages 196-202 (in Russian); Dudkin, O.B., Minakov, F.V. [Дудкин, О.Б., Минаков, Ф.В.] (1976): A new type of carbonate mineralisation in foyaites of the Khibiny massif [Новый тип карбонатной минерализации в фойяитах Хибинского массива]. In: Materials on the mineralogy and geochemistry of alkaline rocks of the Kola peninsula [Материалы по минералогии и геохимии щелочных пород Кольского полуострова]. Kola Branch, USSR Academy of Science Press [Издательство Кольского филиала АН СССР], Apatity, pages 159-174 (in Russian); Kostyleva-Labuntsova, E.E., Borutskiy, B.E., Sokolova, M.N., Shlyukova, Z.V., Dorfman, M.D., Dudkin, O.B., Kozyreva, L.V., Ikorskiy, S.V. [Костылева-Лабунцова, Е.Е., Боруцкий, Б.Е., Соколова, М.Н., Шлюкова, З.В., Дорфман, М.Д., Дудкин, О.Б., Козырева, Л.В., Икорский, С.В.] (1978): Mineralogy of the Khibiny massif [Минералогия Хибинского массива]. Volume 1: Magmatism and post-magmatic transformations [Магматизм и постмагматические преобразования]. Nauka, Moscow, Москва, 227 pp.; Volume 2: Minerals [Минералы]. Nauka, Moscow, 585 pp. (in Russian); Khomyakov, A.P. (1995): Mineralogy of hyperagpaitic alkaline rocks. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 223 pp.; Pekov, I.V., Chukanov, N.V., Belovitskaya, Yu.V. [Пеков, И.В., Чуканов, Н.В., Беловицкая, Ю.В.] (1998): Khanneshite and petersenite-(Ce) from Khibiny [Ханнешит и петерсенит-(Ce) из Хибин]. Zapiski Vserossiiskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva [Записки Всероссийского Минералогического Общества], 127, 2, 92-100; Zaitsev, A.N., Wall, F., Le Bas, M.J. (1998): REE-Sr-Ba minerals from the Khibina carbonatites, Kola peninsula, Russia: their mineralogy, paragenesis and evolution. Mineralogical Magazine, 62, 225-250; Yakovenchuk, V.N., Ivanyuk, G.Yu., Pakhomovsky, Ya.A., Men'shikov, Yu.P. (2005): Khibiny. Laplandia Minerals Ltd. (in association with the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland), Apatity, 468 pp.
ⓘ Olenii Ruchei (Olenii Creek; Oleny Ruchei)	P.M. Kartashov data
ⓘ Kovdor Massif	New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64
ⓘ Phoscorite-carbonatite pipe	Mikhailova, J. A., Kalashnikov, A. O., Sokharev, V. A., Pakhomovsky, Y. A., Konopleva, N. G., Yakovenchuk, V. N., ... & Ivanyuk, G. Y. (2016). 3D mineralogical mapping of the Kovdor phoscorite–carbonatite complex (Russia). Mineralium Deposita, 51(1), 131-149.
Lovozersky District Alluaiv Mt Umbozero mine (Umbozerskii mine; Umba Mine) ⓘ Shomiokitovoe pegmatite	Pekov, I.V. (2000): Lovozero Massif. Moscow, Ocean Pictures Ltd, 480 pp.; Chukanov, N. V., Ermolaeva, V. N., Pekov, I. V., Sokolov, S. V., Nekrasov, A. N., & Sokolova, M. N. (2005). Raremetal mineralization connected with bituminous matters in late assemblages of pegmatites of the Khibiny and Lovozero massifs. New Data Minerals, 40, 80-95.
Northern Karelia ⓘ Sallanlatvi Massif	Zaitsev, A. N., Sitnikova, M. A., Subbotin, V. V., Fernández-Suárez, J., Jeffries, T. E., & Wall, F. (2004). Sallanlatvi complex—a rare example of magnesite and siderite carbonatites. Phoscorites and carbonatites from mantle to mine: the key example of the Kola Alkaline Province. Mineralogical Society, London, 201-245.
ⓘ Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif	SUBBOTIN, V.V., VOLOSHIN, A.V., PAKHOMOVSKY, Yu.A., and BAKHCHISARAYTSEV, A.Yu. (1999) Calcioburbankite and burbankite from the carbonatites of Vuoriyarvi massif (New data). Zapiski Vserossiyskogo Mineralogicheskogo Obshchestva, 128, 78 87 (in Russian with English abstract).
ⓘ Neskevaara Hill	Specimens received from, and identified by Dr. Igor Pekov, Moscow State University.
Turii Cape ⓘ Turii alkaline Massif (Turiy massif)	Liferovich, R. P., Mitchell, R. H., Zozulya, D. R., & Shpachenko, A. K. (2006). Paragenesis and composition of banalsite, stronalsite, and their solid solution in nepheline syenite and ultramafic alkaline rocks. The Canadian Mineralogist, 44(4), 929-942.
Sakha Republic (Yakutia) ⓘ Aldan Shield	[World of Stones 12:49]
ⓘ Arbarastakh complex	Handbook of Mineralogy
Chara and Tokko Rivers Confluence ⓘ Murunskii Massif	Konev, A.A., Vorobyev, E.I., and Lazebnik, K.A. (1996) The Mineralogy of the Murun Massif. Russian Academy of Science Press, Siberian Branch, Novosbirsk, Russia (in Russian).
ⓘ Gornoozerskii carbonatite complex (Gornoe Ozero)	Pavel M. Kartashov data; New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64; Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Dawson, K.M., Eremin R.A., Goryachev, N.A., Koch R.D., Ratkin, V.V., Rozenblum, I.S., Shpikerman, V.I., Frolov, Y.F., Gorodinsky, M.E., Melnikov, V.D., Diggles, M.F., Ognyanov, N.V., Petrachenko, E.D., Petrachenko, R.I., Pozdeev, A.I., Ross, K.V., Wood, D.H., Grybeck, Donald, Khanchuk, A.I., Kovbas, L.I., Nekrasov, I.Ya., and Sidorov, A.A., 1997, Significant metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-513-B
Tuva Sayan Mts Eastern Sayan ⓘ Belaya Zima REE-Nb deposit	Sharygin, V. V. (2016) Secondary olivine-hosted inclusions in calcite-dolomite carbonatite of the Belaya Zima alkaline massif, Eastern Sayan, Russia: Evidence for Na-rich carbonatite composition. Asian Current Research On Fluid Inclusions (ACROFI-VI), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Doroshkevich, A. G., Veksler, I. V., Izbrodin, I. A., Ripp, G. S., Khromova, E. A., Posokhov, V. F., ... & Vladykin, N. V. (2016). Stable isotope composition of minerals in the Belaya Zima plutonic complex, Russia: Implications for the sources of the parental magma and metasomatizing fluids. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 116, 81-96.
South Africa
North West Ngaka Modiri Molema District ⓘ Goudini carbonatite complex (Ystervarkkop)	VERWOERD, W.J. (1993) Update on carbonatites of South Africa and Namibia. South African Journal of Geology, 96(3), 75-95.
ⓘ Zeerust	Handbook of Mineralogy
Ukraine
Donetsk Oblast ⓘ Pokrovo-Kireevo structure (Pokrovo-Kirejevo; Pokrovo-Kireevsk)	New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64; Kryvdik S. G. · Sharygin V. V. · Gatsenko V. O. · Lunev E. S. (2016) Foid minerals from malignites of the Pokrovo-Kireevo massif (Azov Sea region, Ukraine)
USA
Arkansas Hot Spring Co. Magnet Cove ⓘ Jones Mill Quarry (Martin Marietta Quarry; Highway 51 Quarry; Mid-State Quarry)	Jason B. Smith specimen
Pulaski Co. Little Rock Granite Mountain area ⓘ Big Rock Quarry (3M Quarry; Arch Street Pike Quarry)	Barwood, H. (2015) Field Trip Report Various Arkansas collection sites . Midwest Chapter Newsletter Volume 29 No.6:5-6
ⓘ Green River Formation	AmMin 62:158
Montana Hill Co. Bearpaw Mts Big Sandy Creek ⓘ Vermiculite prospect No. 6 (TL)	American Mineralogist: 38: 1169-1183
ⓘ Rocky Boy Stock Occurrence	New Data on Minerals (2004): 39: 50-64
Utah Duchesne Co. ⓘ Green River Formation outcrops	UGMS Bull 117 Minerals and Mineral Localities of Utah
Uintah Co. ⓘ Sun Haverstrite Well	Am Min 46:379-393
Wyoming Crook Co. ⓘ Bear Lodge Mining District	Andersen, A. K., Clark, J. G., Larson, P. B., & Donovan, J. J. (2017). REE fractionation, mineral speciation, and supergene enrichment of the Bear Lodge carbonatites, Wyoming, USA. Ore Geology Reviews, 89, 780-807.
Vietnam
Lai Châu Province Phong Tho District Mt Fansipan ⓘ Nâm Xe REE deposit	Feldman l.G., Sarkisyan S.Sh., Boriskin V.P., Purusova S.P., Nguen Van Hoai, Chin Suan Ben (1987) Crystalline beckelite from Nam Se deposit (Northern Vietnam), - Mineralogicheskiy Zhurnal, v.9, N1, pp. 78-86 (in Rus.)