V.I. Pavlyshyn, LITHIUM IN THE SUBSOIL OF UKRAINE Part 13. Mineralogical criteria for lithium-bearing objects prospecting and evaluation: Donetsk basin hydrothermalites
https://doi.org/10.15407/mineraljournal.48.01.017
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LITHIUM IN THE SUBSOIL OF UKRAINE
Part 13. Mineralogical criteria for lithium-bearing objects prospecting and evaluation:
Donetsk basin hydrothermalites
V.I. Pavlyshyn, DrSc (Geology, Mineralogy), Prof.,
Academician of the AS Higher School of Ukraine, Head of Department
E-mail: V.I.Pavlyshyn@gmail.com; orcid: 0009-0003-1122-6494
D.A. Yaroshchuk, Graduate Student
E-mail: mitya.yaroshchuk@gmail.com; orcid: 0000-0003-0190-8611
I.M. Lunova, PhD (Geology), Research Fellow
E-mail: gerasimetsirina@gmail.com; orcid: 0000-0003-4670-0216
M.P. Semenenko Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Ore Formation of the NAS of Ukraine
34, Acad. Palladin Ave., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03142
Language: Ukrainian
Mineralogical journal 2026, 48 (1): 17-28
Abstract: Nagolny ridge ore mineralization (sulfides, gold, silver, rock crystal, lithium mineralization — kukeite, donbasite) was repeatedly evaluated in the 19th-20th centuries differently — optimistically and pessimistically. Based on the typomorphic features of quartz — the most common mineral of hydrothermal veins of this region — ore-bearing capacity of veins evaluation criteria have been developed. 1. Quartz crystals external shape (habit) is of limited informativeness in the genetic and applied sense. 2. Crystals anatomy indicates as follows: in non-ore-bearing veins, quartz crystals are clearly zonal-sectoral, in ore-bearing veins — this feature is weakly expressed or absent. 3. Crystals of ore-bearing veins, compared to non-ore-bearing ones, also differ in a significantly smaller number of Al-O– centers. 4. Quartz from non-ore-bearing are characterized by rather complex infrared spectra — the total OH content decreases and the OH(Li)3470 and OH(Li)3510 bands weaken in the direction of crystal growth. Quartz from ore-bearing veins is characterized by only one intense OH(Li)3470 band. Also characteristic is superimposition of diffuse on the discrete spectrum (H2O oscillations). 5. Visually, ore-bearing quartz is characterized by a smoky-citrine color evenly distributed in the crystal (anatomy), the density of which does not change or gradually increases to the head. Non-ore-bearing quartz has a clearly pronounced zonal color. 6. Ore-bearing quartz is characterized by an increased intensity of the main thermoluminescence maxima at 230 and 280 ⁰С, which reflects an increased number of luminescence centers in the crystals.
Keywords: Nagolny ridge, sulfide mineralization, lithium mineralization, ore-bearing quartz, non-ore-bearing quartz, habit and anatomy of quartz crystals, Al-O–-centers, hydrogen defects, quartz coloration, quartz thermoluminescence, infrared spectra of quartz.
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