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New Data on Epidote-Supergroup Minerals: Unusual Chemical Compositions, Typochemistry, and Raman Spectroscopy

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Compositional variations of the epidote-supergroup minerals from the different magmatic, metasomatic, and metamorphic formations of the Pelagonian Massif (Republic of North Macedonia), the Urals (Russia) and the Eifel Mountains (Germany) were studied. The new data on isomorphism in these minerals were obtained. Nine potentially new mineral species belonging to the epidote supergroup including the minerals, in which Cr, Ga, La, Ce, Nd, and Pb are the species-defining components, as well as a number of varieties with unusually high Zn and Cu contents, were identified. The relationship between the chemical composition of epidote-supergroup minerals and their Raman spectra is discussed.

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This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project nos. 18-05-00051-a (study of the samples from the Nežilov area) and 18-29-12007_mk (study of other samples).

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  1. Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432, Chernogolovka, Russia

    D. A. Varlamov & N. V. Chukanov

  2. Korzhinskii Institute of Experimental Mineralogy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142432, Chernogolovka, Russia

    D. A. Varlamov & V. N. Ermolaeva

  3. Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    V. N. Ermolaeva

  4. Faculty of Geology, Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    N. V. Chukanov, M. F. Vigasina & P. Yu. Plechov

  5. Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Saints Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia

    S. Jančev

  6. Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    P. Yu. Plechov

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Varlamov, D.A., Ermolaeva, V.N., Chukanov, N.V. et al. New Data on Epidote-Supergroup Minerals: Unusual Chemical Compositions, Typochemistry, and Raman Spectroscopy. Geol. Ore Deposits 61, 827–842 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1075701519080130

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