• journal_title：Mineralogical Magazine
• Contributor：J. Cempírek ; S. Houzar ; M. Novák
• Publisher：Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
• Date：2008-
• Format：text/html
• Language：en
• Identifier：10.1180/minmag.2008.072.6.1293
• journal_abbrev：Mineralogical Magazine
• issn：0026-461X
• volume：72
• issue：6
• firstpage：1293
• section：Articles

Euhedral crystals of complexly zoned niobian titanite (up to 0.3 mm) are enclosed in hedenbergite (Hd_53-81Di_15-43Jh_3-5) and quartz from a hedenbergite vein skarn at Kamenné doly near Písek, Czech Republic. They are associated with minor clinozoisite-epidote (Ps_3-22), calcite, plagioclase (An₉₅), scapolite (Me_80-82), scheelite, pyrrhotite, fluorapatite, arsenopyrite, native bismuth and Bi,Te-minerals. The following textural and compositional subtypes were recognized: (I) Nb-rich titanite, (II) Nb-moderate titanite in the central zone, (III) Nb-poor, Sn-enriched titanite and (IV) Nb-poor, Al,F-rich titanite in the outer zone. The substitution Al(Nb,Ta)Ti_-2 is dominant in subtypes I and II, the titanite subtype I being characterized by elevated contents of Al ≤0.257 atoms per formula unit (a.p.f.u.), Nb (≤0.161 a.p.f.u.) and Ta (≤0.037 a.p.f.u.). Amounts of Al, Nb and Ta in subtype II are smaller and more variable. The minor substitution SnTi_-1 occurs chiefly in titanite subtype III with a content of Sn ≤0.039 a.p.f.u.. The substitution Al(F,OH)(TiO)_-1 is typical for titanite subtype IV exhibiting elevated contents of Al (≤0.221 a.p.f.u.), F (≤0.196 a.p.f.u.) and Fe (≤0.039 a.p.f.u.).

The negative relationship of substitutions Al(F,OH)(TiO)_-1 vs. SnTi_-1 and Al(Nb,Ta)Ti_-2 is constrained chiefly by crystal structure rather than by the composition of parent medium alone. Textural relations suggest that the Nb-moderate titanite in the core zone and entire outer zone are products of fluids-induced dissolution-reprecipitation processes. The studied niobian titanite represents a new F-enriched type from a medium-grade, calc-silicate rock.