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Abstract:Yarlongite occurs in ophiolitic chromitite at the Luobusha mine (29°5′N 92°5′E, about 200 km ESE of Lhasa), Qusum County, Shannan Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. Associated minerals are: diamond, moissanite, wüstite, iridium (“osmiridium”), osmium (“iridosmine”), periclase, chromite, native iron, native nickel, native chromium, forsterite, Cr‐rich diopside, intermetallic compounds Ni‐Fe‐Cr, Ni‐Cr, Cr‐C, etc. Yarlongite and its associated minerals were handpicked from a large heavy mineral sample of chromitite. The metallic carbides associated with yarlongite are cohenite, tongbaite, khamrabaevite and qusongite (IMA2007–034). Yarlongite occurs as irregular grains, with a size between 0.02 and 0.06 mm, steel‐grey colour, H Mohs: 5½–6. Tenacity: brittle. Cleavage: {0 0 1} perfect. Fracture: conchoidal. Chemical formula: (Cr4Fe4Ni)Σ9C4, or (Cr,Fe,Ni)Σ9C4, Crystal system: Hexagonal, Space Group: P63/mc, a= 18.839(2) Å, c= 4.4960 (9) Å, V= 745.7(2) Å3, Z= 6, Density (calc.) = 7.19 g/cm3 (with simplified formula). Yarlongite has been approved as a new mineral by the CNMNC (IMA2007–035). Holotype material is deposited at the Geological Museum of China (No. M11650).

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The crystal structure of monoclinic magnesium astrophyllite has been redetermined. The samples were from Khibina alkaline massifs, Russia. K2NaNa(Fe,Mn)4Mg2Ti2[Si4O12]2(OH)4(OH,F)2, Mr = 1202.31, monoclinic, A2, a = 10.370 (3), b = 23.129 (5), c = 5.322 (1) Å, β = 99.55 (2)°, V = 1258.8 (5) Å3, Z = 2, Dx = 3.173 Mg m−3, Mo Kα, λ = 0.71069 Å, μ = 3.74 mm−1, F(000) = 1179, T = room temperature, R = 0.057 for 1720 reflections. The determination indicated that the coordination number of Ti is five. In tetrahedra of astrophyllite the open-branched Si—O chain connected with Ti—O semi-octahedra by corner-sharing formed a continuous sheet. Na atoms have two types of coordination. Their coordination numbers are eight and six. The Na atoms with coordination number eight are situated between layers. Other types of Na atoms are situated within the layers and form Na—O octahedra with partial occupancies.

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