Journal/NDM45 2010 eng

New Data on Minerals, vol.45, 2010

New data on Minerals. Volume 45. 2010. 168 pages, 99 images, drawings, schemes.
Editor: Prof. Margarita I. Novgorodova.
Publication of the Institution of Russian Academy of Sciences, Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS.

Summary

This volume contains papers on the newly discovered mineral species – aleksandrovite, the Sn-analogue of baratovite, and åskagenite-(Nd), a new mineral of epidote supergroup. Discoveries of the rare minerals – irarsite (from ores of the Shanuch deposit in Kamchatka), orickite, jaipurite, westerveldite, edgarite, tungstenite and other chalcogenides (from the Khibiny massif in Kola peninsula) are described. New data on accessory minerals from the Semeninskaya pit in the Aduy pegmatite field in the Ural Mts., on arsenosulvanite and other sulphides from the Lebedinoe deposit in the Aldan Mts., on the composition and features of native gold from an ore occurrence in South-Eastern Kamchatka, are given. Zoned crystals of monazite(Ce) from granite pegmatites of the Ilmeny Mts. are studied, including radiology dating. Problems of mineralogy and geochemistry of tetravalent uranium, uranium ores and sulfide-oxide associations in modern submarine pyrites, are covered.
In the chapter “Mineral museums and collections” there is a paper on the exhibition in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS dedicated to the 125th anniversary of Alexander N. Labuntsov – the discoverer of apatite deposits in the Khibiny Mts.
The next chapter – “Personalities” – for the first time brings forward letters found in the RAS archives from Alexander N. Labuntsov to academician Vladimir I. Vernadsky. The “Mineralogical notes” chapter includes description of rare intergrowth twins of magnetite from the Kurzhunkul deposit, Kazakhstan, and discussion of previous mistakes in the calculation of the chemical composition of some minerals.
The “Discussions” is represented by the paper on the problems of the definition of a valid mineral species and metastable mineralization.
The journal is of interest to mineralogists, geochemists, geologists and also researchers of Natural History museums, collectors and amateurs.

Editorial Board

• Editor in Chief Margarita I. Novgorodova, Doctor in Science, Professor
• Executive Editor Elena A. Borisova, Ph.D.
• Eugeny I. Semenov, Doctor in Science,
• Svetlana N. Nenasheva, Ph.D.,
• Elena N. Matvienko, Ph.D.,
• Marianna B. Chistyakova, Ph.D.,
• Mikhail E. Generalov, Ph.D.

Publishing group

• Photo Michael B. Leybov
• Leader of Publishing group Michael B. Leybov
• Managing Editor Ludmila A. Cheshko
• Art Director Nikolay O. Parlashkevich
• Editor Andrey L. Cheshko
• Design and Layout Ivan A. Glazov
• Translators Maria S. Alferova, Il'ya A. Anisimov, Ivan A. Baksheev, Mark Fed’kun, Valerii V. Gerasimovskii, Mikhail Povarennykh
• Editors (English Style) Patricia Gray, Frank C. Hawthorne, Peter Modreski

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Text, photo, drawings and schemes, Institution of Russian Academy of Sciences,
Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS, 2010
Design BRITAN Ltd, 2010
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