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Vorlanite

A valid IMA mineral species

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Vorlanite

Lakargi Mountain, Upper Chegem volcanic caldera, Chegemsky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

Vorlanite, etc.

Lakargi Mountain, Upper Chegem volcanic caldera, Chegemsky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

Vorlanite

Lakargi Mountain, Upper Chegem volcanic caldera, Chegemsky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

Vorlanite, etc.

Lakargi Mountain, Upper Chegem volcanic caldera, Chegemsky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

Vorlanite

Lakargi Mountain, Upper Chegem volcanic caldera, Chegemsky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

Vorlanite, etc.

Lakargi Mountain, Upper Chegem volcanic caldera, Chegemsky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

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About VorlaniteHide

Formula:

Ca(U⁶⁺)O₄

Crystal System:

Isometric

Name:

Named for Mt Vorlan, near whose peak it was found.

Type Locality:

ⓘ Xenolith no. 7, Lakargi Mountain, Upper Chegem volcanic caldera (Verkhnechegemskaya caldera), Chegemsky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

Fluorite-type structure.

Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:

39569

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:1:39569:4

IMA Classification of VorlaniteHide

IMA status:

Approved

IMA Formula:

CaU⁶⁺O₄

Approval year:

2009

First published:

2011

Type description reference:

Galuskin, E. V., Armbruster, T., Galuskina, I. O., Lazic, B., Winiarski, A., Gazeev, V. M., Dzierżanowski, P., Zadov, A. E., Pertsev, N. N., Wrzalik, R., Gurbanov, A. G., Janeczek, J. (2011) Vorlanite (CaU⁶⁺)O₄—A new mineral from the Upper Chegem caldera, Kabardino-Balkaria, Northern Caucasus, Russia. American Mineralogist, 96 (1) 188-196 doi:10.2138/am.2011.3610

Classification of VorlaniteHide

Strunz-mindat (2026):

4.DL.15

4 : OXIDES (Hydroxides, V[5,6] vanadates, arsenites, antimonites, bismuthites, sulfites, selenites, tellurites, iodates)
D : Metal: Oxygen = 1:2 and similar
L : With large (+- medium-sized) cations; fluorite-type structures

Dana 8th ed.:

5.3.4.

5 : OXIDES CONTAINING URANIUM OR THORIUM
3 : AXO₄·xH₂O

Mineral SymbolsHide

As of 2021 there are now IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols (abbreviations) for each mineral species, useful for tables and diagrams.

Symbol	Source	Reference for Standard
Vrl	IMA–CNMNC	Warr, L.N. (2021). IMA–CNMNC approved mineral symbols. Mineralogical Magazine, 85(3), 291-320. doi:10.1180/mgm.2021.43

Chemistry of VorlaniteHide

Mindat Formula:

Ca(U⁶⁺)O₄

Element Weights:

Element	% weight
U	69.578 %
O	18.707 %
Ca	11.715 %

Calculated from ideal end-member formula.

Elements listed:

Ca, O, U - search for minerals with similar chemistry

Crystallography of VorlaniteHide

Crystal System:

Isometric

Class (H-M):

m3m(4/m32/m) - Hexoctahedral

Space Group:

Fm3m

Cell Parameters:

a = 5.3813(2) Å

Unit Cell V:

155.83 Å³ (Calculated from Unit Cell)

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ID	Species	Reference	Link	Year	Locality	Pressure (GPa)	Temp (K)
0020106	Vorlanite	Galuskin E V, Kusz J, Armbruster T, Galuskina I O, Marzec K, Vapnik Y, Murashko M (2013) Vorlanite, (CaU6+)O4, from Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel American Mineralogist 98 1938-1942		2013	Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel	0	293

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 Vorlanite, (CaU6+)O4, from Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel
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U   0.00000   0.50000   0.00000   0.50000   0.01848
O   0.25000   0.25000   0.25000   1.00000   0.06140

X-Ray Powder DiffractionHide

Powder Diffraction Data:

d-spacing	Intensity
3.107 Å	(100)
2.691 Å	(30)
1.902 Å	(63)
1.623 Å	(54)
1.235 Å	(24)
1.203 Å	(16)
1.098 Å	(22)
0.910 Å	(18)

Locality:

Xenolith no. 7, Lakargi Mountain, Upper Chegem volcanic caldera (Verkhnechegemskaya caldera), Chegemsky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

Reference:

Geological EnvironmentHide

Paragenetic Mode(s):

Paragenetic Mode	Earliest Age (Ga)
Stage 3a: Earth’s earliest Hadean crust	>4.50
9 : Lava/xenolith minerals (hornfels, sanidinite facies)
High-? alteration and/or metamorphism
31 : Thermally altered carbonate, phosphate, and iron formations
Stage 10a: Neoproterozoic oxygenation/terrestrial biosphere	<0.6
51 : Pyrometamorphic minerals (see also #54 and #56)	<0.36

Type Occurrence of VorlaniteHide

Type Locality:

ⓘ Xenolith no. 7, Lakargi Mountain, Upper Chegem volcanic caldera (Verkhnechegemskaya caldera), Chegemsky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia

Place of Conservation of Type Material:

A. E. Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow, Russia (catalog no. 3838/1).

Geological Setting of Type Material:

Calcareous skarn xenolith in ignimbrite.

Reference:

Synonyms of VorlaniteHide

IMA2009-032

Other Language Names for VorlaniteHide

Dutch:Vorlaniet

German:Vorlanit

Common AssociatesHide

Associations Based on Photo Data:

1 photo of Vorlanite associated with Ettringite	Ca₆Al₂(SO₄)₃(OH)₁₂ · 26H₂O
1 photo of Vorlanite associated with Hillebrandite	Ca₂(SiO₃)(OH)₂
1 photo of Vorlanite associated with 'Hydrogrossular'	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃
1 photo of Vorlanite associated with Hydroxylellestadite	Ca₅(SiO₄)_1.5(SO₄)_1.5(OH)

Related Minerals - Strunz-mindat Grouping Hide

4.DL.	Xianhuaite-(La)	K₂LaNb₅O₁₅	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4/mbm
4.DL.	Xianhuaite-(Ce)	K₂CeNb₅O₁₅	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : P4/mbm
4.DL.05	Uraninite	UO₂	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
4.DL.05	Aeschynite Group	AD₂O₆
4.DL.05	Zirkelite	(Ti,Ca,Zr)O_2-x	Iso.
4.DL.05	Thorianite	ThO₂	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
4.DL.05	Cerianite-(Ce)	Ce⁴⁺O₂	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m) : Fm3m
4.DL.10	Tazheranite	(Zr,Ti,Ca)(O,◻)₂	Iso. m3m(4/m32/m)
4.DL.10	Hiärneite	Ca₂Zr₄Mn³⁺SbTiO₁₆	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : I4₁/acd
4.DL.10	Calzirtite	Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆	Tet. 4/mmm(4/m2/m2/m) : I4₁/acd

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Health Risks:

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References for VorlaniteHide

Reference List:

Galuskin, E. V., Galuskina, I. O., Dubrovinsky, L. S., Janeczek, J. (2012) Thermally induced transformation of vorlanite to "protovorlanite": Restoration of cation ordering in self-irradiated CaUO4. American Mineralogist, 97 (5) 1002-1004 doi:10.2138/am.2012.4092

Galuskin, E. V., Kusz, J., Armbruster, T., Galuskina, I. O., Marzec, K., Vapnik, Y., Murashko, M. (2013) Vorlanite, (CaU⁶⁺)O₄, from Jabel Harmun, Palestinian Autonomy, Israel. American Mineralogist, 98 (11) 1938-1942 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4548

Othmane, G., Allard, T., Menguy, N., Morin, G., Esteve, I., Fayek, M., Calas, G. (2013) Evidence for nanocrystals of vorlanite, a rare uranate mineral, in the Nopal I low-temperature uranium deposit (Sierra Pena Blanca, Mexico) American Mineralogist, 98 (2) 518-521 doi:10.2138/am.2013.4295

(2017) Vorlanite. Handbook of Mineralogy. Mineralogical Society of America

Localities for VorlaniteHide

Showing 14 localities.

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All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.


Germany
Rhineland-Palatinate Mayen-Koblenz Mayen Seekante ⓘ Xenolith CS-020	Skrzyńska et al. (2023)
ⓘ Xenolith CS-090 (Hopmannite type locality)	Juroszek et al. (Ti 5 Fe)
Vordereifel Ettringen ⓘ Caspar quarry	EMPA data V. V. SHARYGIN (Novosibirsk, Ru)

Israel
Southern District Beersheba Subdistrict Tamar Regional Council Hatrurim Basin ⓘ Gurim anticline	Krzątała et al. (2020)
ⓘ Har Parsa (Mt. Parsa)	Krzątała et al. (2018)
Wadi Zohar ⓘ Paralava occurrence	Galuskin et al. (2024)
ⓘ Ye’elim Mount	Galuskina et al. (2026)

Jordan
Amman Governorate Transjordan Plateau Daba-Siwaqa complex Hashem region Lisdan-Siwaga Fault Siwaga ⓘ Tulul al Hammam	Khoury et al. (2016)
ⓘ Unnamed marble quarries	Sokol +9 other references

Mexico
Chihuahua Aldama Municipality Peña Blanca District Sierra Peña Blanca ⓘ Nopal No. 1 Mine	Othmane et al. (2013)

Middle East
ⓘ Hatrurim Formation	Vapnik et al. (2014)

Palestine
West Bank Quds Governorate ⓘ Jebel Harmun (Jabel Harum)	www.minsocam.org (2014)

Russia
Kabardino-Balkaria Chegemsky District Upper Chegem volcanic caldera (Verkhnechegemskaya caldera) ⓘ Lakargi Mountain	Galuskin et al. (2011)
ⓘ Xenolith no. 7 (TL)	Galuskin et al. (2011) +1 other reference

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