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Wolframoixiolite and niobian ferberite from zinnwaldite granitic rocks of the Chukchi Peninsula

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The finding of wolframoixiolite with inclusions of niobian ferberite is described from zinnwaldite granite and ongonite of the Severny pluton of the Chukchi Peninsula. The optical, morphological, and chemical properties of minerals are characterized and compared with their analogues from other regions. The petrologic and mineragenic index implications of the minerals are discussed with allowance for our contemporary mineralogical knowledge on W-bearing Ta-Nb minerals.

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Original Russian Text © V.I. Alekseev, I.M. Gembitskaya, Yu.B. Marin, 2010, published in Zapiski RMO (Proceedings of the Russian Mineralogical Society), 2010, No. 3, pp. 72–85.

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Alekseev, V.I., Gembitskaya, I.M. & Marin, Y.B. Wolframoixiolite and niobian ferberite from zinnwaldite granitic rocks of the Chukchi Peninsula. Geol. Ore Deposits 53, 639–648 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701511070026

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