Mineral name
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Samarskite
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Sample 1998-8187, Size 4 x 3 cm (to the left) and sample 1998-8181, size 5 x 1 cm (to the right), with labels of G. Rose |
Hölzel-No.
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4.DH.160 |
Type of specimen
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vermutl. T |
IMA-No. / Accepted
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prä-IMA |
Chemical formula
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(Y,Fe3+U4+)(Nb,Ta)O4 |
Type locality
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Russia, Ural, Ilmen Mts., Chelyabinsk Oblast, Miass |
Associated minerals
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Aeschynite |
Collection
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Museum für Naturkunde - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
Contact person
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Dr. Ralf-Thomas Schmitt |
Catalogue−No. / Site
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Proben 1998-8181, 1998-8182, 1998-8184, 1998-8185 und 1998-8187 |
Nature of
type specimen
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Mineral specimens (1998-8182 and 1998-8187), mineral grains (1998-8181, 1998-8184 and 1998-8185) |
References
IV. Beschreibung einiger neuen Mineralien des Urals, 2. Der Uranotantal, eine neue Mineralgattung.
Rose, G. (1839)
Poggendorffs Annalen der Physik und Chemie, XXXXVIII, 555 - 558
XVIII. Ueber die Zusammensetzung des Uranotantals und des Columbits vom Ilmengebirge in Sibirien.
Rose, H. (1847)
Poggendorffs Annalen der Physik und Chemie, LXXI, 157-169 |
Notes / Further information
In 1839 initially described by G. Rose as "Uranotantal", renamed by R.I. Hermann (Moscow) as "Yttro-Ilmenit" and finally, after further analyses, named as samarskite by H. Rose in 1847. |
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