Journal/NDM44 2009 eng

New Data on Minerals, vol.44, 2009

New Data on Minerals. Volume 44. Moscow: Altum Ltd, 2009. 112 pages, 26 photos, 62 drawings and
schemes. Editor: Margarita I. Novgorodova, Doctor in Science, Professor. Publication of Institution of Russian Academy of Science, Fersman Mineralogical Museum RAS.

Summary

This issue contains description of rare pyrope-majorite garnet found in kersantite and spessartite dykes of Chetlas Kamen’, Central Timan, Te-bearing fahlores and similar phases from various deposits and phases with composition similar to fahlores, enargite, and luzonite from deposits of Bulgaria; problems concerning recalculation of chemical analyses of these minerals are discussed. Carbonaceous matter and its mineral assemblages in pegmatites of various formations, mineralogical features of multimetal deposits of Russia, Central Asia, and Kazakhstan are reported; role of sorbent minerals for concentration of metals in the supergene zone of these deposits are discussed. Results of experimental study of species of Au, Ag, and Pt-Pd-Sn intermetallic compounds at crystallization of Cu-Fe sulfide melt are given.
Part “Mineralogical Museums and Collections” introduces a collection of mosaic arts from funds of Fersman Mineralogical Museum. In “Mineralogical Notes”, a problem of horizontal isomorphic substitutions of chemical elements is discussed. Part “Discussion” contains paper, which continues essay on fundamental and genetic mineralogy published in previous issue and uses the eudialyte group minerals to illustrate a problem of typomorphic features of minerals.
This issue is of interest to mineralogists, geochemists, geologists, researchers of Natural History museums, collectors and amateurs of stone.

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