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Lithiowodginite

A valid IMA mineral species

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Lithiowodginite, etc.

Ognevka Ta deposit, Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

Lithiowodginite

Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada

Lithiowodginite

Ognevka Ta deposit, Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

Lithiowodginite, etc.

Ognevka Ta deposit, Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

Lithiowodginite

Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada

Lithiowodginite

Ognevka Ta deposit, Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

Lithiowodginite, etc.

Ognevka Ta deposit, Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

Lithiowodginite

Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada

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About LithiowodginiteHide

Formula:

LiTa₃O₈

Type material is very Mn-rich:
(Li0.53Mn0.43Fe3+0.01)Σ=0.97(Ta2.49Nb0.26Sn4+0.20)Σ=2.95O8.

Colour:

Dark pink to red

Lustre:

Adamantine

Hardness:

6½

Specific Gravity:

7.5

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Member of:

Wodginite Group > Columbite Supergroup

Name:

Named for its lithium content and its relationship to wodginite.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Ognevka Ta deposit, Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

Dimorph of:

Lithiotantite

Corresponds to the intermediate-temperature form of synthetic LiTa3O8.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

2392

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:2392:0

GUID
(UUID V4):

4532dab0-9df4-4df2-811b-bccee8de5dc6

IMA Classification of LithiowodginiteHide

IMA status:

Approved

First published:

1990

Classification of LithiowodginiteHide

Strunz-mindat (2024):

4.DB.40

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.:

8.1.8.4

8 : MULTIPLE OXIDES CONTAINING NIOBIUM,TANTALUM OR TITANIUM
1 : ABO₄

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference
Lwdg	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Physical Properties of LithiowodginiteHide

Lustre:

Adamantine

Transparency:

Translucent

Colour:

Dark pink to red

Streak:

Pale pink

Hardness:

6½ on Mohs scale

Fracture:

Irregular/Uneven

Density:

7.5(2) g/cm³ (Measured) 7.74 g/cm³ (Calculated)

Optical Data of LithiowodginiteHide

Anisotropism:

Strong

Bireflectance:

Weak

Reflectivity:

Wavelength	R₁	R₂
486nm	14.1%	13.0%
553nm	14.0%	12.9%
589nm	14.3%	13.0%
656nm	14.0%	12.5%

Graph shows reflectance levels at different wavelengths (in nm). Top of box is 100%. Peak reflectance is 14.3%.
R₁ shown in black, R₂ shown in red

Chemistry of LithiowodginiteHide

Mindat Formula:

LiTa₃O₈

Type material is very Mn-rich:
(Li0.53Mn0.43Fe3+0.01)Σ=0.97(Ta2.49Nb0.26Sn4+0.20)Σ=2.95O8.

Elements listed:

Li, O, Ta - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of LithiowodginiteHide

Crystal System:

Monoclinic

Class (H-M):

2/m - Prismatic

Space Group:

B2/b

Setting:

C2/c

Cell Parameters:

a = 9.441(3) Å, b = 11.516(4) Å, c = 5.062(2) Å
β = 91.06(8)°

Ratio:

a:b:c = 0.82 : 1 : 0.44

Unit Cell V:

550.26 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

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ID	Species	Reference	Year	Locality	Temp (K)
0005279	Lithiowodginite	Ercit T S, Hawthorne F C, Cerny P (1992) The wodginite group. I. Structural crystallography The Canadian Mineralogist 30 597-611	1992		293
0018738	Lithiowodginite	Santoro A, Roth R S, Minor D (1977) Neutron powder diffraction study of the intermediate-temperature form of lithium tantalate Acta Crystallographica B33 3945-3947	1977	synthetic	293
0013334	Lithiowodginite	Gatehouse B M, Negas T, Roth R S (1976) The crystal structure of M-LiTa3O8 and its relationship to the mineral wodginite Journal of Solid State Chemistry 18 1-7	1976	synthetic	293

CIF Raw Data - click here to close

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_chemical_name_mineral 'Lithiowodginite'
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_publ_author_name
'Ercit T S'
'Hawthorne F C'
'Cerny P'
_journal_name_full 'The Canadian Mineralogist'
_journal_volume 30 
_journal_year 1992
_journal_page_first 597
_journal_page_last 611
_publ_section_title
;
 The wodginite group. I. Structural crystallography
 Sample: TSE-76
;
_database_code_amcsd 0005279
_chemical_formula_sum '(Li.55 Mn.45) Fe.01 Sn.21 Ta2.52 Nb.26 O8'
_cell_length_a 9.4536
_cell_length_b 11.4977
_cell_length_c 5.0775
_cell_angle_alpha 90
_cell_angle_beta 90.51
_cell_angle_gamma 90
_cell_volume 551.875
_exptl_crystal_density_diffrn      7.970
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'C 1 2/c 1'
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  '1/2+x,1/2-y,1/2+z'
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  '1/2-x,1/2+y,1/2-z'
  '-x,-y,-z'
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LiA   0.00000   0.66200   0.25000   0.55000   0.01267
MnA   0.00000   0.66200   0.25000   0.45000   0.01267
FeB   0.00000   0.16990   0.25000   0.01000   0.01267
SnB   0.00000   0.16990   0.25000   0.21000   0.01267
TaB   0.00000   0.16990   0.25000   0.78000   0.01267
NbC   0.24510   0.41220   0.24800   0.13000   0.01267
TaC   0.24510   0.41220   0.24800   0.87000   0.01267
O1   0.14700   0.06200   0.09000   1.00000   0.01267
O2   0.13100   0.45600   0.54300   1.00000   0.01267
O3   0.11600   0.32200   0.07400   1.00000   0.01267
O4   0.11900   0.18000   0.58400   1.00000   0.01267

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
2.978 Å	(100)
3.65 Å	(82)
2.940 Å	(59)
2.502 Å	(38)
1.709 Å	(32)
1.724 Å	(24)
1.777 Å	(20)

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 4b: Highly evolved igneous rocks	>3.0
34 : Complex granite pegmatites

Type Occurrence of LithiowodginiteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Ognevka Ta deposit, Ulan District, East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan

General Appearance of Type Material:

Central parts (up to 5 mm) of red-brown wodginite (crystals up to several centimeters).

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

Mining Institute, St. Petersburg, 2052/1.
A.E. Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.

Geological Setting of Type Material:

In albitic zones of granitic pegmatites.

Associated Minerals at Type Locality:

Wodginite

Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series

Irtyshite

Synonyms of LithiowodginiteHide

IMA1988-011

Other Language Names for LithiowodginiteHide

German:Lithiowodginit

Russian:Литиоводжинит

Spanish:Lithiowodginita

Relationship of Lithiowodginite to other SpeciesHide

Member of:

Wodginite Group > Columbite Supergroup

Other Members of this group:

Achalaite	(Fe²⁺,Mn)(Ti,Fe³⁺,Ta)(Nb,Ta)₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
Ferrotitanowodginite	Fe²⁺TiTa₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
Ferrowodginite	Fe²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
Lithiotantite	LiTa₃O₈	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
Tantalowodginite	(Mn²⁺_0.5◻_0.5)TaTa₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
Titanowodginite	Mn²⁺TiTa₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
Wodginite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b

Common AssociatesHide

Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:

2 photos of Lithiowodginite associated with Wodginite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈
1 photo of Lithiowodginite associated with Ixiolite-(Mn2+)-Ixiolite-(Fe2+) Series	(Ta,Nb,Sn,Fe,Mn)₄O₈

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

4.DB.	Nioboheftetjernite	ScNbO₄	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
4.DB.	Shakhdaraite-(Y)	ScYNb₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.	Nioboixiolite-(Mn2+)	(Nb_0.67Mn²⁺_0.33)O₂	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.	Nioboixiolite-([])	(Nb_0.8◻_0.2)⁴⁺O₂	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn
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/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4₂/mnm
4.DB.05	Tugarinovite	MoO₂	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
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/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4₂/mnm
4.DB.10	Tredouxite	NiSb₂O₆	Tet. 4/mmm (4/m 2/m 2/m) : P4₂/mnm
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. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
4.DB.15a	Ramsdellite	Mn⁴⁺O₂	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
4.DB.20	Scrutinyite	α-PbO₂	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.25	Ishikawaite	U⁴⁺Fe²⁺Nb₂O₈	Mon.
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,U⁴⁺)Fe³⁺(Nb,Ta,Ti)₂O₈	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
4.DB.25	Samarskite-(Yb)	YbFe³⁺(Nb,Ta)₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.25	Ixiolite-(Fe2+)	(Ta_0.67Fe²⁺_0.33)O₂	Orth.
4.DB.25	Ixiolite-(Mn2+)	(Ta_0.67Mn²⁺_0.33)O₂	Orth.
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 : P2/b
4.DB.30	Huanzalaite	MgWO₄	Mon. 2/m : P2/b
4.DB.30 va	Wolframite Group
4.DB.30	Rossovskyite	(Fe³⁺,Ta)(Nb,Ti)O₄	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. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m)
4.DB.35	Tantalite-(Mg)	(Mg,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)₂O₆	Orth. mmm (2/m 2/m 2/m) : Pbcn
4.DB.40	Ferrowodginite	Fe²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.DB.40	Lithiotantite	LiTa₃O₈	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
4.DB.40	Titanowodginite	Mn²⁺TiTa₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.DB.40	Wodginite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.DB.40	Ferrotitanowodginite	Fe²⁺TiTa₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.DB.40	Tantalowodginite	(Mn²⁺_0.5◻_0.5)TaTa₂O₈	Mon. 2/m : B2/b
4.DB.40	Wolframowodginite	Mn(Mn,Sn,Fe,Ta)(W,Ta,Nb)₂O₈
4.DB.45	Tivanite	V³⁺TiO₃(OH)	Mon. 2/m : P2₁/b
4.DB.50	Carmichaelite	(Ti,Cr,Fe)[O_2-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. 2/m : B2/b

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References for LithiowodginiteHide

Reference List:

Gatehouse, B.M., Negas, T., Roth, R.S. (1976) The crystal structure of Μ-LiTa3O8 and its relationship to the mineral wodginite. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 18, 1-7.

Santoro, A., Roth, R.S., Minor, D. (1977) Neutron powder diffraction study of the intermediate-temperature form of lithium tantalate. Acta Crystallographica B33, 3945-3947.

Voloshin, A.V., Pakhomovskii, Y.A., Bakhchisaraitsev, A.Y. (1990) Lithiowodginite - a new mineral of the wodginite group from the granitic pegmatites of eastern Kazakhstan. Mineralogiceskij Zhurnal, 12(1), 94-100.

Jambor, John L., Puziewicz, Jacek (1991) New Mineral Names. American Mineralogist, 76 (3-4) 665-671

Mandarino, Joseph A. (1997) New Minerals 1990-1994. The Mineralogical Record Inc., Tuscon, Arizona. 220pp.

(2023) Lithiowodginite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

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Canada
Manitoba Lac-du-Bonnet area Bernic Lake ⓘ Tanco Mine	Ercit et al. (1992)

DR Congo
North Kivu Masisi Territory Osso Mumba ⓘ Mumba cassiterite gravels	Melcher et al. (2015)
Tanganyika ⓘ Manono-Kitotolo mine	Pavel M. Kartashov analythical data of ...

Egypt
Red Sea Governorate ⓘ Nuweibi Complex	Alekseev et al. (2023)

Kazakhstan
East Kazakhstan Region Ulan District Asubulak ore field Krasnokordon ⓘ Yubileinoye Ta deposit	Pekov (1998)
Belogorskiy ⓘ Ak-Kezen' pegmatite	Peter Kohorst collection +1 other reference
ⓘ Ognevka Ta deposit (TL)	В +35 other references

USA
Maine Oxford County Greenwood Uncle Tom Mountain ⓘ Emmons Quarry	Falster et al. (2019)

Lithiowodginite

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