Минералогия (Jun 2020)

SAMARSKITE-(Y) YFe3+Nb2 O8 : THE HISTORY OF DISCOVERY AND STUDIES OF THE FIRST NIOBATE WITH A DOUBLE WOLFRAMITE STRUCTURE

  • S.N. Britvin,
  • I.V. Pekov,
  • M.G. Krzhizhanovskaya,
  • A.A. Agakhanov,
  • B. Ternes,
  • W. Schüller,
  • N.V. Chukanov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.35597/2313-545X-2020-6-2-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 2
pp. 27 – 37

Abstract

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The article describes a history of studies of samarskite-(Y), YFe3+Nb2 O8 , from its discovery in the Ilmeny Mountains (South Urals) in 1839 to the moment of the solution of its crystal structure and refinement of chemical formula in 2019.

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