On the identification of Ti-Ta-Nb-oxides in “wiikites” from Karelia

• Published in: Mining of Mineral Deposits
• Main Authors: Hosseinpour Khanmiri, M, Goldwirt, D, Platonova, N, Janson, S, Polekhovsky, Yu, Bogdanov, R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: National Mining University 2018
• Subjects: Ti-Ta-Nb-oxides; polycrase; pyrochlore supergroup minerals; isochronous thermal annealing; SEM-BSE analysis; EMP analysis; Norilsk; norilsk
• Online Access: http://ir.nmu.org.ua/handle/123456789/151759; https://doi.org/10.15407/mining12.01.028

Purpose. With respect to the nature of Ti-Ta-Nb-oxides, which are included in the mineral associations that have historically gone by the now outdated name of “wiikites”, there is no unanimity of opinion. The main difficulty in identifying them is associated with the complexity of their chemical com...