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Metavivianite from
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine


Locality type:Peninsula
Classification
Species:Metavivianite
Formula:Fe2+Fe23+(PO4)2(OH)2 · 6H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Baryte3
Vivianite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Metavivianite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:107040
Long-form Identifier:1:3:107040:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Metavivianite in this Region
Kerchenskyi iron ore basin, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
Ak-Manai Trough, Kerchenskoe deposit, Kerchenskyi iron ore basin, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
Kamysh-Burun Trough, Kerchenskoe deposit, Kerchenskyi iron ore basin, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
Yanysh Takil' Cliffs (Janisch-Takil; Yanysh Takil; Kyz-Aul; Zavetnoe), Kerchenskoe deposit, Kerchenskyi iron ore basin, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (volume)
Nikita V. Chukanov Mineralsof the Kerch iron-ore basinin EasternCrimea Mineralogical Almanac volume...Chukanov Mineralsof the KerchIron-Ore Basinin Eastern Crimea. Ocean Pictures Ltd.,MineralogicalAlmanac,volume...HISTORY ........ 13 Geological Essay of the Crimea Peninsula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............. 110 INTRODUCTION L Kerch city, Mt. Mitridat Kerch city, Church of John the Baptist ocated...ocated at the eastern part of the Crimea Peninsula, the Kerch ron-ore deposits are well known through
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
05 January 2015 Minerals of the Kerch IronOre Basin in Eastern Crimea by Nikita V. Chukanov. Mineralogical...the interesting and well-known minerals from the Kerch iron-ore basin. Ample space, though, is dedicated...numerous mud volcanoes. The Kerch Peninsula is located in southern Ukraine; it protrudes from the eastern...eastern side of the Crimean Peninsula and marks the boundary between the Black Sea and the Azov Sea. The...The iron ore of the Kerch basin, which includes several deposits, is mostly a mixture of goethite, iron
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Magazine, June 2012, Vol. 76(3), pp. 725–741 Metavivianite, Fe2+Fe3+ 2 (PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O: new data and formula...thermal properties of a homogeneous sample of metavivianite from the Boa Vista pegmatite, near Galiléia...Gerais, Brazil are reported for the first time. Metavivianite is biaxial (+) with a = 1.600(3), b = 1.640(3)...085Mn0.06)S3.015(PO4)1.98(OH)1.72·6.36H2O. Metavivianite is triclinic, P1̄, a = 7.989(1), b = 9.321(2)...The simplified crystal-chemical formula for metavivianite is Fe 2 + (Fe 3 + ,Fe 2 + ) 2 (PO 4 ) 2 (OH
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
an oxidation series from vivianite through metavivianite to santabarbaraite, involving progressive oxidation...some iron phosphates from the Kerch Peninsula (German, Kertsch), Crimea. Since then, these terms have...kertschenite and oxykertschenite are still used for metavivianite and therefore could not be used for santabarbaraite...triclinic ferri-ferrous hydroxy phosphate hydrate (metavivianite) in order to reinstate the name kerchenite,...Kerchenite = metavivianite, Min. Mag.(1986) Kertschenite = oxidized vivianite, metavivianite, Hey (1993)
Journal (issue)
GEOLOGY Alexander I. Tishchenko MINERALS OFTHE CRIMEA Valerii B. Seiranyan AGATES OF ARMENIA: THE PAST...TishchenkO MINERALS OF THE CRIMEA Photo: М. Leybov. Metavivianite. Kerch deposit. Crystal 2.5 x 1.3...find in Russia orthe former USSR; The Crimean Peninsula is a unique natural museum, the dix1— mineral...species; ? —the occurrence of the mineral in the Crimea needs confirmation; sessments and great number... the Crit1— first occurrence discovered in the Crimea; mea can be assigned among most studied regions
Book
Volume 8 Kazakhstan and Middle Asia Volume 9 Crimea Worldwide (including USSR) Volume 10 Urals (...Kazakhstan Ukraine Aldan =5 =3 =5 3 5* si Abukumalite Vyuntspakhk Acanthite Crimea Acanthite Sarbaiskii...Actinolite Bezmyannoye Actinolite Bezymannoye Actinolite Crimea Actinolite Dal'negorsk boron deposit Actinolite...Actinolite Tymyauz Actinolite Keivy, Kola Peninsula Ukraine North Kazakhstan North Kazakhstan Rudnyi,...Siberia, Russia Aldan shield, Siberia, Russia Ukraine Primor'ie Aldan shield, Siberia, Russia Aldan shield
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
O), and its oxidative derivatives, such as metavivianite (Fe2+ 3−x Fe3+ x (PO4 )2 (OH)x ·(8−x)H2 O) [13...and prospects of the Cimmerian iron ore basin in Ukraine and Russia. Lithol. Miner. Resour. 2014, 49, 359–380...geochemical features of the iron ore complex of the Kerch Peninsula. Lithol. Miner. Resour. 2001, 36, 224–235.
Book (volume)
alkaline-ultramafic rocks and carbonatites, Kola peninsula (Chukanov et al. 2005a). IR spectra of these minerals...from Alluaiv Mt., Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola peninsula, Russia (After Chukanov et al. 2011) Fig. 1.3...the Palitra pegmatite, Lovozero massif, Kola peninsula hydrated proton) in solids and liquids are discussed...Locality: Bulganak area of mud volcanos, Kerch peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine. Description: White soft concretion...Locality: Bulganak area of mud volcanos, Kerch peninsula Crimea, Ukraine. Description: White fine-grained aggregate
Journal (issue)
aesthetic crystal sprays in fossil shells from the Kerch peninsula on the Black Sea. the concretions from lake...mineral species, kertschenite (also known as metavivianite), Fe2+2 Fe’*(PO4)2(OH)(H2O)7. This alteration...one exception - the Khibiny region on the Kola Peninsula, though as far as we know, no charoite exists
Journal (issue)
and Upper Silurian formations of the Marblehead Peninsula, Ohio. Master’s thesis, University of Michigan...aesthetic crystal sprays in fossil shells from the Kerch peninsula on the Black Sea, 285 Figure 1. Vivianite...(PO4)2 ? 8H2O) into another mineral species, metavivianite, 3+ Fe2+ 2 Fe (PO4)2(OH) ? 7H2O. This alteration...happen as easily as the change from vivianite to metavivianite. The reason is that the iron in vivianite actually...easier to oxidize than the other. By the time metavivianite is formed, most of the more easily oxidized
Book
AlTa04, E Orth. Adamantine colorless. Kola Peninsula, USSR. H= 7.5-8, Djj4=?, D(.= 5.623, IVD 14a....Vitreous green, greenish-white. Anapa, Taman Peninsula, Russia, USSR. H=3.5, Djjj= 2.816, D(.= 2.811...colorless. Khibina massif, Vuonnemi river, Kola Peninsula, USSR. H= 5, Djjj=3.13, Dq—3.19, VIIB 18. Khomyakov...Translucent colorless, light brown. Kimba, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia. H= 3.5, Djj4= 4...Sedmochislenitsi mine, Vratsa district, Balkan Peninsula, Bulgaria. H= 2.5, Djj4= 6.32, D(.= 6.41, HA 08
Book
Fersman, 1914. In P. A. Dvoichenko, Minerals of the Crimea (Russ.), Zap. Krym. Obshch. Est. i Lyub. Prir....black clay-slates near Alushta and elsewhere in the Crimea. Named from the locality. 10th List [Contains essential...pegmatite from Petrelius, Khibina massif, Kola peninsula. Named for G. P. Barsanov. [M.A., 16, 549.] 23rd...occurring in ijolite in the Lovozero intrusive, Kola Peninsula, USSR. [Bull., 90, 116.] 25th List Basaltkainit...biaxial, in nepheline-syenite-pegmatite from Kola peninsula, Russia. Named after Prof. Dmitry Stepanovich
Report (issue)
crystal sprays in fossil shells are found on the Kerch Peninsula in the Black Sea. And vivianite occurs in concretions...crystal, leaving behind, not vivianite, but metavivianite, + 3 Fe� Fe \PO4h(OH) • 7(H2O). The alteration...another proton gets knocked out of the molecule, metavivianite alters to . 2+ 3 ferrostrunz1te, Fe Fe2+(PO4h(OH)2...which are unique. History Michigan's Keeweenaw Peninsula and Corocoro are the only significant copper deposits
Book
Russian name for the Lapp inhabitants of the Kola Peninsula. muscovite, from Russian Moskva, and then muscovy...locality in the mines near Anapa on the Taman Peninsula, Black Sea, Soviet Union. Anatase, from Greek...and lithium {Li). Balkanite, locality in Balkan Peninsula, in southern Europe. Bambollaite, locality at...Gaspeite, locality in Gaspe Nord County, Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec, Canada. Gatumbaite, locality near Gatumba...locality at Ilmajok River, Lovozero Tundra, Kola Peninsula, Soviet Union. Ilmenite, locality in the Ilmen
Book (edition)
a 4.90. b 1 1 .58. c 5.66 A . Z=4. (TL) Kola Peninsula. USSR. Named for composition. 19 Alumotrichitc...been shown to be tosudite (q.v.). (TL) Alushta, Crimea, USSR. Named for locality. Syn. Aluschtit. 2 1...228). From (TL) Vuonnemi River, Khibina, Kola Peninsula, USSR. Named for its northern origin. 36 Arc...(TL) Rcstin'yun Mountain. NE Khihin massif. Kola Peninsula. USSR. Named for W. f Barents. Dutch sea arer...6apca110011T). (TL) Pctrclius. Khibina massif. Kola Peninsula. USSR. Named for G.P. Barsanov. Described as a
Book
plus amide for ammonia. L’vov-Volynskii Basin, Ukraine. Srebodol’skii, B.l. (1975): Zap. Vses. Mineral... Althupite Lovozero alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. AITh(UO;)[(UO2)3(PO4)20(OH)] Khomyakoy...apatite deposit, Khibina alkaline complex, Kola Peninsula, Russia. ear Alumino-magnesiotaramite Khomyakov...its composition: aluminum plus tantalum. Kola Peninsula, Russia. From Gk. malagy, Arabic al-malgham,...mines at Sheljesny Rog near Anapa on the Taman Peninsula, Black Sea, Georgia. Sachs, A. (1902): K Preuss
Book (edition)
WA; Tennant Creek, NT. In New Zealand, Hauraki Peninsula, North Island, and placer deposits in Nelson,...Prospect Park, Paterson, NJ, with zeolites; Keweenaw Peninsula(*), MI, as fine crystallized aggregates and “half-breeds”...an ore mineral, but large deposits of Keweenaw Peninsula, MI, are exceptions; here copper is associated...a narrow belt 200 miles long in the Keweenaw Peninsula(*), which was for many years the major copper...Pt),Sn Named in 1982 for the locality (Taimyr Peninsula). orTH Space group D= 10.20. 41-1109: 2.36; Z=
Book (volume)
this entry for Rutile. Khibiny massif, Kola Peninsula. Excellent ilmenite crystals are found at several...1995a). Vavnbed Mountain, Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula. Vavnbed Mountain is the source of the large,...2009). GREECE Kassandra district, Chalkidiki Peninsula, Macedonia. Mining of the stratiform sulfide ores...RUSSIA Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozero massif, Kola Peninsula. Komarovite was discovered in Pegmatite #61 on...of komarovite (the other is also on the Kola Peninsula: see entry below), though according to Pekov (2000)
Book (edition)
albitized portions of granite pegmatites, Kola Peninsula, USSR. SELECTED REFERENCE: Voloshin, A. V., et...Germany; and in oolitic iron ore near Anapa, Taman Peninsula, USSR. SELECTED REFERENCE: Palache et al., Dana’s...district, Norway, and in the Khibina Baveno, at Peninsula, USSR; and in cavities in granite crystals, Italy...Vuonnemi River valley, Khibina alkalic massif, Kola Peninsula, USSR, associated with rasvumite, villiaumite...trachybasalt of the Pripyat Swell, Greenland; Ukraine, USSR; and in South African kimberlites. SELECTED
Book (edition)
albitized portions of granite pegmatites, Kola Peninsula, USSR. SELECTED REFERENCE: Voloshin, A. V., et...Germany; and in oolitic iron ore near Anapa, Taman Peninsula, USSR. SELECTED REFERENCE: Palache et al., Dana's...district, Norway, and in the Khibin~ tundra, Kola Peninsula, USSR; and in cavities in granite at Baveno, Italy...Vuonnemi River valley, Khibina alkalic massif, Kola Peninsula, USSR, associated \Vith rasvumite, villiaumite...Greenland; in trachybasalt of the Pripyat Swell, Ukraine, USSR; and in South African kimberlites. SELECTED
 
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