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Żabińskiite, ideally Ca(Al0.5Ta0.5)(SiO4)O, a new mineral of the titanite group from the Piława Górna pegmatite, the Góry Sowie Block, southwestern Poland

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Adam Pieczka ,
Frank C. Hawthorne ,
Chi Ma ,
George R. Rossman ,
Eligiusz Szełęg ,
Adam Szuszkiewicz ,
Krzysztof Turniak ,
Krzysztof Nejbert ,
Sławomir Ilnicki  and
Philippe Buffat
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Adam Pieczka*
Affiliation:
AGH University of Science and Technology, Department of Mineralogy, Petrography and Geochemistry, 30-059 Kraków, Mickiewicza 30, Poland
Frank C. Hawthorne
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
Chi Ma
Affiliation:
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91125-2500, California, USA
George R. Rossman
Affiliation:
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91125-2500, California, USA
Eligiusz Szełęg
Affiliation:
University of Silesia, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Department of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrography, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Będzińska 60, Poland
Adam Szuszkiewicz
Affiliation:
University of Wrocław, Institute of Geological Sciences, 50-204 Wrocław, M. Borna 9, Poland
Krzysztof Turniak
Affiliation:
University of Wrocław, Institute of Geological Sciences, 50-204 Wrocław, M. Borna 9, Poland
Krzysztof Nejbert
Affiliation:
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geology, Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, 02-089 Warszawa, Żwirki and Wigury 93, Poland
Sławomir Ilnicki
Affiliation:
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geology, Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, 02-089 Warszawa, Żwirki and Wigury 93, Poland
Philippe Buffat
Affiliation:
AGH University of Science and Technology, International Centre of Electron Microscopy for Materials Science, Department of Physical and Powder Metallurgy, 30-059 Kraków, Mickiewicza 30, Poland
Bogdan Rutkowski
Affiliation:
AGH University of Science and Technology, International Centre of Electron Microscopy for Materials Science, Department of Physical and Powder Metallurgy, 30-059 Kraków, Mickiewicza 30, Poland
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*E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Żabińskiite, ideally Ca(Al0.5Ta0.5)(SiO4)O, was found in a Variscan granitic pegmatite at Piława Górna, Lower Silesia, SW Poland. The mineral occurs along with (Al,Ta,Nb)- and (Al,F)-bearing titanites, a pyrochlore-supergroupmineral and a K-mica in compositionally inhomogeneous aggregates, ∼120 μm × 70 μm in size, in a fractured crystal of zircon intergrown with polycrase-(Y) and euxenite-(Y). Żabińskiite is transparent, brittle, brownish, with a white streak, vitreous lustre and a Mohs hardness of ∼5. The calculated density for the refined crystal is equal to 3.897 g cm–3, but depends strongly on composition. The mineral is non-pleochroic, biaxial (–), with mean refractive indices ≥1.89. The (Al,Ta,Nb)-richest żabińskiite crystal,(Ca0.980Na0.015)∑=0.995(Al0.340Fe3+0.029Ti0.298V0.001Zr0.001Sn0.005Ta0.251Nb0.081)∑=1.005[(Si0.988Al0.012)O4.946F0.047(OH)0.007)∑=5.000];60.7 mol.% Ca[Al0.5(Ta,Nb)0.5](SiO4)O; is close in composition to previously described synthetic material. Żabińskiite is triclinic (space group symmetry A1) and has unit-cell parameters a = 7.031(2) Å, b = 8.692(2) Å,c = 6.561(2) Å, α = 89.712(11)°, β = 113.830(13)°, γ = 90.352(12)° and V = 366.77 (11) Å3. It is isostructural with triclinic titanite and bond-topologically identical with titanite and other minerals of the titanite group.Żabińskiite crystallized along with (Al,Ta,Nb)-bearing titanites at increasing Ti and Nb, and decreasing Ta activities, almost coevally with polycrase-(Y) and euxenite-(Y) from Ca-contaminated fluxed melts or early hydrothermal fluids.

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Żabińskiitetitanite groupnew mineral speciesoptical dataelectron microprobecrystal structureNYF pegmatitePiława GórnaSudetesPoland
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 81 , Issue 3 , June 2017 , pp. 591 - 610
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