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Barkov, Andrei Y., Tolstykh, Nadezhda D., Tamura, Nobumichi, Martin, Robert F., McDonald, Andrew M., Cabri, Louis J. (2021) Ferrotorryweiserite, Rh5Fe10S16, a New Mineral Species from the Sisim Placer Zone, Eastern Sayans, Russia, and the Torryweiserite–Ferrotorryweiserite Series. Minerals, 11 (12) 1420 doi:10.3390/min11121420

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TitleFerrotorryweiserite, Rh5Fe10S16, a New Mineral Species from the Sisim Placer Zone, Eastern Sayans, Russia, and the Torryweiserite–Ferrotorryweiserite Series
JournalMinerals
AuthorsBarkov, Andrei Y.Author
Tolstykh, Nadezhda D.Author
Tamura, NobumichiAuthor
Martin, Robert F.Author
McDonald, Andrew M.Author
Cabri, Louis J.Author
Year2021 (December 15)Volume11
Issue12
PublisherMDPI AG
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Download URLhttps://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/11/12/1420/pdf?version=1639712606
DOIdoi:10.3390/min11121420Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceBarkov, Andrei Y., Tolstykh, Nadezhda D., Tamura, Nobumichi, Martin, Robert F., McDonald, Andrew M., Cabri, Louis J. (2021) Ferrotorryweiserite, Rh5Fe10S16, a New Mineral Species from the Sisim Placer Zone, Eastern Sayans, Russia, and the Torryweiserite–Ferrotorryweiserite Series. Minerals, 11 (12) 1420 doi:10.3390/min11121420
Plain TextBarkov, Andrei Y., Tolstykh, Nadezhda D., Tamura, Nobumichi, Martin, Robert F., McDonald, Andrew M., Cabri, Louis J. (2021) Ferrotorryweiserite, Rh5Fe10S16, a New Mineral Species from the Sisim Placer Zone, Eastern Sayans, Russia, and the Torryweiserite–Ferrotorryweiserite Series. Minerals, 11 (12) 1420 doi:10.3390/min11121420
In(2021, December) Minerals Vol. 11 (12) MDPI AG
Abstract/NotesFerrotorryweiserite, Rh5Fe10S16, occurs as small grains (≤20 µm) among droplet-like inclusions (up to 50 μm in diameter) of platinum-group minerals (PGM), in association with oberthürite or Rh-bearing pentlandite, laurite, and a Pt-Pd-Fe alloy (likely isoferroplatinum and Fe-Pd-enriched platinum), hosted by placer grains of Os-Ir alloy (≤0.5 mm) in the River Ko deposit. The latter is a part of the Sisim placer zone, which is likely derived from ultramafic units of the Lysanskiy layered complex, southern Krasnoyarskiy kray, Russia. The mineral is opaque, gray to brownish gray in reflected light, very weakly bireflectant, not pleochroic to weakly pleochroic (grayish to light brown tints), and weakly anisotropic. The calculated density is 5.93 g·cm–3. Mean results (and ranges) of four WDS analyses are: Ir 18.68 (15.55–21.96), Rh 18.34 (16.32–20.32), Pt 0.64 (0.19–1.14), Ru 0.03 (0.00–0.13), Os 0.07 (0.02–0.17), Fe 14.14 (13.63–14.64), Ni 13.63 (12.58–14.66), Cu 4.97 (3.42–6.41), Co 0.09 (0.07–0.11), S 29.06 (28.48–29.44), and total 99.66 wt.%. They correspond to the following formula calculated for a total of 31 atoms per formula unit: (Rh3.16Ir1.72Pt0.06Ru0.01Os0.01)Σ4.95(Fe4.48Ni4.11Cu1.38Co0.03)Σ10.00S16.05. The results of synchrotron micro-Laue diffraction studies indicate that ferrotorryweiserite is trigonal; its probable space group is R3¯m (#166) based on its Ni-analog, torryweiserite. The unit-cell parameters refined from 177 reflections are a = 7.069 (2) Å, c = 34.286 (11) Å, V = 1484 (1) Å3, and Z = 3. The c:a ratio is 4.8502. The strongest eight peaks in the X-ray diffraction pattern derived from results of micro-Laue diffraction study [d in Å(hkil)(I)] are 2.7950 (202¯5) (100); 5.7143 (0006) (60); 1.7671 (224¯0) (44.4); 3.0486 (202¯1) (39.4); 5.7650 (101¯2) (38.6); 2.5956 (202¯7) (37.8); 3.0058 (112¯6) (36.5); and 1.5029 (42¯ 2¯12) (35.3). Ferrotorryweiserite and the associated PGM crystallized from microvolumes of residual melt at late stages of crystallization of grains of Os- and Ir-dominant alloys occurred in lode zones of chromitites of the Lysanskiy layered complex. In a particular case, the residual melt is disposed peripherally around a core containing a disequilibrium association of magnesian olivine (Fo72.9–75.6) and albite (Ab81.6–86.4), with the development of skeletal crystals of titaniferous augite: Wo40.8–43.2En26.5–29.3Fs20.3–22.6Aeg6.9–9.5 (2.82–3.12 wt.% TiO2). Ferrotorryweiserite represents the Fe-dominant analog of torryweiserite. We also report occurrences of ferrotorryweiserite in the Marathon deposit, Coldwell Complex, Ontario, Canada, and infer the existence of the torryweiserite–ferrotorryweiserite solid solution in other deposits and complexes.

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River Ko placer deposit, Sisim Placer Zone, Lysanskiy dunite-peridotite-gabbro complex, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

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Ferrotorryweiserite
IMA2021-055
Kuvaevite Group
Pentlandite Supergroup

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Tulameen River, Similkameen Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada Ferrotorryweiserite
Marathon deposit, Coldwell complex, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada Ferrotorryweiserite
Yubdo District (Joubdo District; Youbdo District; Joubda District), Gimbi, West Welega Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia Ferrotorryweiserite
Miass River, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia Ferrotorryweiserite
Lysanskiy dunite-peridotite-gabbro complex, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia Chromitite
River Ko placer deposit, Sisim Placer Zone, Lysanskiy dunite-peridotite-gabbro complex, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia Albite, Augite, Braggite, Chalcopyrite, Ferrotorryweiserite, Forsterite, Isoferroplatinum, Kuvaevite, Laurite, Native Iridium, Native Osmium, Oberthürite, Olivine Group, Pentlandite, Rutheniridosmine, Torryweiserite, Vasilite, Vysotskite


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