Gadolinite-(Nd), a new member of the gadolinite supergroup from Fe-REE deposits of Bastnas-type, Sweden

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68378271:_____/18:00498662

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2017.081.047" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2017.081.047</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1180/minmag.2017.081.047" target="_blank" >10.1180/minmag.2017.081.047</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Gadolinite-(Nd), a new member of the gadolinite supergroup from Fe-REE deposits of Bastnas-type, Sweden

Original language description

A new member of the gadolinite supergroup, gadolinite-(Nd), IMA2016-013, ideally Nd2FeBe2Si2O10, was found in the Malmkarra mine, similar to 3.5km WSW of Norberg, south-central Sweden, where it occurs in association with fluorbritholite-(Ce), vastmanlandite-(Ce), dollaseite-(Ce), bastnasite-(Ce) and tremolite. Gadolinite-(Nd) forms anhedral grains up to 150 mu m in size, commonly occurring as aggregates of olive green colour. The crystals are transparent with vitreous to adamantine lustre. Gadolinite-(Nd) is brittle with conchoidal fracture, no cleavage or parting was observed. It has a white streak, the Mohs hardness is 6.5-7 and the calculated density is 4.86gcm(-3). Optically, the mineral is weakly pleochroic in shades of olive green, biaxial (-), n=1.78(1), n((calc.))=1.80, n=1.81(1) measured in white light, 2V((meas.))=62(3)degrees. Electron-microprobe and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analysis [in wt.%] provided SiO2 21.77, Y2O3 5.49, La2O3 2.78, Ce-2 O-3 14.04, Pr2O3 3.28, Nd2O3 19.27, Sm2O3 5.30, Eu2O3 0.24, Gd2O3 4.10, Tb2O3 0.36, Dy2O3 1.32, Ho2O3 0.18, Er2O3 0.38, MgO 0.51, CaO 0.14, MnO 0.10, FeO 10.62, B2O3 0.10, BeOcalc. 8.99, H2Ocalc. 0.55 and total 99.52 giving the following empirical formula (based on 2 Si): (Nd0.632Ce0.472Y0.268Sm0.168Gd0.125Pr0.110La0.094Dy0.039Ca0.014Er0.011Tb0.011Eu0.008Ho0.008)(Sigma 1.957)(Fe0.816Mg0.070Mn0.008)(Sigma 0.894)(Be1.984B0.016)(Sigma 2.000)Si2O9.660OH0.337. A weak Raman vibration band at similar to 3525cm(-1) confirms the presence of water in the structure. Gadolinite-(Nd) is monoclinic, P2(1)/c, with a=4.8216(3) angstrom, b=7.6985(4) angstrom, c=10.1362(6) angstrom, beta =90.234(4)degrees, V=376.24(6) angstrom(3) and Z=2. The strongest X-ray diffraction lines are [d(obs) in angstrom (hkl) I-rel]: 4.830 (100) 72, 3.603 (021) 37, 3.191(-112) 52, 3.097 (013) 35, 2.888 (121) 100, 2.607(113) 49, 2.412 (200) 24. Along with the Malmkarra mine, gadolinite-(Nd) was also recorded also at Johannagruvan and Nya Bastnas. The minerals of the gadolinite subgroup together with fluorbritholite-(Ce) incorporate the highest fraction of medium-to-heavy rare-earth elements among associated rare-earth element minerals in the Malmkarra mine and possibly in all Bastnas-type deposits.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10504 - Mineralogy

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Mineralogical Magazine

ISSN

0026-461X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

82

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

133-145

UT code for WoS article

000435650000007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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