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The mineralogy of the historical Mochalin Log REE deposit, South Urals, Russia. Part II. Radekškodaite-(La), (CaLa5)(Al4Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]5O(OH)3 and radekškodaite-(Ce), (CaCe5)(Al4Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]5O(OH)3, two new minerals with a novel structure-type belonging to the epidote–törnebohmite polysomatic series

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Anatoly V. Kasatkin Open the ORCID record for Anatoly V. Kasatkin [Opens in a new window] ,
Natalia V. Zubkova ,
Igor V. Pekov ,
Nikita V. Chukanov ,
Dmitriy A. Ksenofontov ,
Atali A. Agakhanov ,
Dmitriy I. Belakovskiy ,
Yury S. Polekhovsky ,
Aleksey M. Kuznetsov  and
Sergey N. Britvin
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Anatoly V. Kasatkin*
Affiliation:
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Natalia V. Zubkova
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Igor V. Pekov
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygina str. 19, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Nikita V. Chukanov
Affiliation:
Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432 Chernogolovka, Moscow region, Russia
Dmitriy A. Ksenofontov
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Atali A. Agakhanov
Affiliation:
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Dmitriy I. Belakovskiy
Affiliation:
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt 18-2, 119071 Moscow, Russia
Yury S. Polekhovsky
Affiliation:
Institute of Earth Sciences, St Petersburg State University, University Embankment 7/9, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia
Aleksey M. Kuznetsov
Affiliation:
Oktyabrskaya str., 5-337, 454071 Chelyabinsk, Russia
Sergey N. Britvin
Affiliation:
Institute of Earth Sciences, St Petersburg State University, University Embankment 7/9, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia
Dmitry Yu. Pushcharovsky
Affiliation:
Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, Vorobievy Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
Fabrizio Nestola
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università di Padova, Via Gradenigo 6, I-35131, Padova, Italy.
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*Author for correspondence: Anatoly V. Kasatkin, E-mail: anatoly.kasatkin@gmail.com
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Abstract

Two new isostructural minerals radekškodaite-(La) (CaLa5)(Al4Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]5O(OH)3 and radekškodaite-(Ce) (CaCe5)(Al4Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]5O(OH)3 were discovered in polymineralic nodules from the Mochalin Log REE deposit, South Urals, Russia. Radekškodaite-(La) is associated with allanite-(Ce), allanite-(La), bastnäsite-(Ce), bastnäsite-(La), ferriallanite-(Ce), ferriallanite-(La), ferriperbøeite-(La), fluorbritholite-(Ce), törnebohmite-(Ce) and törnebohmite-(La). Radekškodaite-(Ce) is associated with ancylite-(Ce), bastnäsite-(Ce), bastnäsite-(La), lanthanite-(La), perbøeite-(Ce) and törnebohmite-(Ce). The new minerals form isolated anhedral grains up to 0.35 × 0.75 mm [radekškodaite-(La)] and 1 mm × 2 mm [radekškodaite-(Ce)]. Both minerals are greenish-brown with vitreous lustre. Dcalc = 4.644 [radekškodaite-(La)] and 4.651 [radekškodaite-(Ce)] g cm–3. Both minerals are optically biaxial (+); radekškodaite-(La): α = 1.790(7), β = 1.798(5), γ = 1.825(8) and 2Vmeas = 60(10)°; radekškodaite-(Ce): α = 1.798(6), β = 1.806(6), γ = 1.833(8) and 2Vmeas = 65(10)°. Chemical data [wt.%, electron-microprobe; FeO:Fe2O3 by charge balance; H2O by stochiometry; radekškodaite-(La)/radekškodaite-(Ce)] are: CaO 3.40/2.74, La2O3 27.68/22.23, Ce2O3 20.39/24.30, Pr2O3 0.94/1.48, Nd2O3 1.71/3.18, ThO2 0.23/0.24, MgO 0.85/1.04, Al2O3 10.35/10.84, MnO 0.64/0.69, FeO 2.55/2.76, Fe2O3 3.12/2.57, TiO2 0.13/0.04, SiO2 26.03/26.10, F 0.10/0.09, H2O 1.62/1.63, –O=F –0.04/–0.04, total 99.70/99.89. The empirical formulae based on O28(OH,F)3 are: radekškodaite-(La): (Ca0.98Th0.01La2.75Ce2.01Nd0.16Pr0.09)Σ6.00(Al3.28Fe3+0.63Fe2+0.57Mg0.34Mn0.15Ti0.03)Σ5.00Si7.00O28[(OH)2.91F0.09]; radekškodaite-(Ce): (Ca0.79Mn0.16Th0.01Ce2.39La2.20Nd0.30Pr0.14)Σ5.99(Al3.43Fe2+0.62Fe3+0.52Mg0.42Ti0.01)Σ5.00Si7.00O28[(OH)2.92F0.08]. Both minerals are monoclinic, P21/m; the unit-cell parameters [radekškodaite-(La)/radekškodaite-(Ce)] are: a = 8.9604(3)/8.9702(4), b = 5.7268(2)/5.7044(2), c = 25.1128(10)/25.1642(13) Å, β = 116.627(5)/116.766(6)°, V = 1151.98(7)/1149.68(11) Å3 and Z = 2/2. The crystal structures are solved based on single-crystal X-ray diffraction data; R = 0.0554 [radekškodaite-(La)] and 0.0769 [radekškodaite-(Ce)]. Both minerals belong to the epidote–törnebohmite polysomatic series and represent first members of ET2-type: their structure consists of regular alternating modules, one slab of the epidote (E) structure and two slabs of törnebohmite (T). The rootname radekškodaite is given in honor of the Czech mineralogist Radek Škoda (born 1979), Associate Professor at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. The suffix-modifier -(La) or -(Ce) indicates the predominance of La or Ce among REE in the mineral.

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radekškodaite-(La)radekškodaite-(Ce)new mineralrare-earth silicatecrystal structurepolysomatismallanitetörnebohmiteMochalin LogSouth Urals
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 84 , Issue 6 , December 2020 , pp. 839 - 853
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland

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Associate Editor: Irina O Galuskina

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