Mitrofanovite, Pt.sub.3./sub.Te.sub.4./sub., a new mineral from the East Chuarvy deposit, Fedorovo-Pana intrusion, Kola Peninsula, Russia

0519176 - FZÚ 2020 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Subbotin, V.V. - Vymazalová, A. - Laufek, F. - Savchenko, Y.E. - Stanley, C.J. - Gabov, D.A. - Plášil, Jakub
Mitrofanovite, Pt₃Te₄, a new mineral from the East Chuarvy deposit, Fedorovo-Pana intrusion, Kola Peninsula, Russia.
Mineralogical Magazine. Roč. 83, č. 4 (2019), s. 523-530. ISSN 0026-461X. E-ISSN 1471-8022
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Keywords : mitrofanovite * platinum telluride * platinum-group mineral * Pt3Te4 phase * reflectance data * X-ray-diffraction data * crystal structure * East Chuarvy deposit * Fedorovo-Pana intrusion * Kola Peninsula * Russia
OECD category: Geology
Impact factor: 1.738, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2018.150

Mitrofanovite, Pt3Te4, is a new telluride discovered in low-sulfide disseminated ore in the East Chuarvy deposit, Fedorovo–Pana intrusion, Kola Peninsula, Russia. It forms anhedral grains commonly in intergrowths with moncheite in aggregates with lukkulaisvaaraite, kotulskite, vysotskite, braggite, keithconnite, rustenburgite and Pt–Fe alloys hosted by a chalcopyrite–pentlandite–pyrrhotite matrix. Associated silicates are: orthopyroxene, augite, olivine, amphiboles and plagioclase. Mitrofanovite is brittle, it has a metallic lustre and a grey streak. The mineral name is chosen to honour F elix P. Mitrofanov, a Russian geologist who was among the first to discover platinum-group element mineralisation in the Fedorova–Pana complex. In this work the mineral's properties and crystal structure were studied and the results are presented.

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