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NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN OCTOBER 2019
IMA No. 2018-112
Esdanaite-(Ce)
NaMnCe(PO4)2·4H2O
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (45°33′46″N, 73°8′30″W)
Thomas E. Gore* and Andrew M. McDonald
*E-mail: tgore@laurentian.ca
New structure type
Orthorhombic: P212121; structure determined
a = 6.469(1), b = 7.169(1), c = 21.456(4) Å
10.997(100), 3.605(28), 3.236(28), 2.951(21), 2.778(29), 2.162(18), 2.005(16), 1.908(17)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada, catalogue number CMNMC 87259
How to cite: Gore, T.E. and McDonald, A.M. (2019) Esdanaite-(Ce), IMA 2018-112. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2018-168
Melansonite
Na□KZrSi8O19·5H2O
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada (45°33′46″N, 73°8′30″W)
Thomas E. Gore* and Andrew M. McDonald
*E-mail: tgore@laurentian.ca
Rhodesite group
Orthorhombic: Pmma; structure determined
a = 24.063(5), b = 6.982(1), c = 6.526(1) Å
11.988(100), 6.971(27), 6.529(19), 4.429(15), 3.429(15), 3.060(29), 2.881(25), 2.750(11)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada, catalogue number CMNMC 87258
How to cite: Gore, T.E. and McDonald, A.M. (2019) Melansonite, IMA 2018-168. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-052
Ferrisanidine
K(Fe3+Si3O8)
Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°41′N, 160°14′E, 1200 m asl)
Nadezhda V. Shchipalkina, Igor V. Pekov, Sergey N. Britvin, Natalia N. Koshlyakova, Marina F. Vigasina and Evgeny G. Sidorov
*E-mail: estel58@yandex.ru
Feldspar group
Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined
a = 8.678(4), b = 13.140(8), c = 7.335(5) Å, β = 116.35(8)°
4.283(52), 3.819(36), 3.529(30), 3.342(84), 3.285(100), 2.939(34), 2.643(30), 2.200(41)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18-2, Moscow 119071, Russia, registration number 5414/1
How to cite: Shchipalkina, N.V., Pekov, I.V., Britvin, S.N., Koshlyakova, N.N., Vigasina, M.F. and Sidorov, E.G. (2019) Ferrisanidine, IMA 2019-052. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-053
Fluorluanshiweiite
KLiAl1.5□0.5(Si3.5Al0.5)O10F2
Nanyangshan deposit, North Qinling Orogen(NQO), western Henan Province, China (110°43′55″E, 33°52′58″N)
Kai Qu*, Xianzhang Sima, Guowu Li, Guang Fan, Ganfu Shen, Xing Liu, Zhibin Xiao, Guo Hu, Linfei Qiu and Yanjuan Wang
*E-mail: qukai_tcgs@foxmail.com
Mica group
Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined
a = 5.2030(5), b = 8.9894(6), c = 10.1253(9) Å, β = 100.68(1)°
8.427(25), 4.519(57), 4.121(25), 3.628(61), 3.349(60), 3.091(46), 2.586(100), 1.506(45)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Geological Museum of China, No. 16 Yangrou Hutong, Xisi, Beijing 100031, People's Republic of China, catalogue number M16085
How to cite: Qu, K., Sima, X., Li, G., Fan, G., Shen, G., Liu, X., Xiao, Z., Hu, G., Qiu, L. and Wang, Y. (2019) Fluorluanshiweiite, IMA 2019-053. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-055
Thalliomelane
TlMn4+7.5Cu2+0.5O16
In a quarry at the Zalas village, near Cracow, Poland (50°05′33″N, 19°38′40″E)
Bożena Gołębiowska*, Adam Pieczka, Maciej Zubko, Andreas Voegelin, Jörg Göttlicher and Grzegorz Rzepa
*E-mail: goleb@agh.edu.pl
Hollandite supergroup
Tetragonal: I4/m; structure determined
a = 9.866(1), c = 2.8721(4) Å
3.120(85), 2.467(39), 2.407(66), 2.163(66), 1.838(45), 1.644(100), 1.545(39), 1.436(76),
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogical Museum, University of Wrocław, Cybulskiego 30, 50-205 Wrocław, Poland, catalogue number MMWr IV8025
How to cite: Gołębiowska, B., Pieczka, A., Zubko, M., Voegelin, A., Göttlicher, J. and Rzepa, G. (2019) Thalliomelane, IMA 2019-055. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-056
Saccoite
Ca2Mn3+2F(OH)8·0.5(SO4)
Nchwaning 3 Mine (NW section, upper part of the ore body), Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (27°07′45″S, 22°51′56″E)
Gerald Giester*, Christian L. Lengauer, Dan Topa, Jens Gutzmer and Karl-Ludwig Von Bezing
*E-mail: gerald.giester@univie.ac.at
New structure type
Tetragonal: P4/ncc; structure determined
a = 12.835(1), c = 5.6213(6) Å
9.073(35), 4.537(95), 4.064(20), 3.010(100), 2.812(20), 2.724(75), 1.975(35), 1.814(20)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria, inventory number O1784
How to cite: Giester, G., Lengauer, C.L., Topa, D., Gutzmer, J. and Von Bezing, K.-L. (2019) Saccoite, IMA 2019-056. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-057
Sergevanite
Na15(Ca3Mn3)(Na2Fe)Zr3Si26O72(OH)3·H2O
On a dump of the Karnasurt underground mine, Karnasurt mountain, Lovozero alkaline massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk Oblast, Russia (67°53′25″N, 34°36′58″E)
Nikita V. Chukanov*, Ramiza K. Rastsvetaeva, Sergey M. Aksenov, Igor V. Pekov, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Svetlana A. Vozchikova and Sergey N. Britvin
*E-mail: nikchukanov@yandex.ru
Eudialyte group
Trigonal: R3; structure determined
a = 14.2179(1), c = 30.3492(3) Å
7.12(70), 5.711(43), 4.321(72), 3.806(39), 3.551(39), 3.398(39), 2.978(95), 2.855(100)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18-2, Moscow 119071, Russia, registration number 5423/1
How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Aksenov, S.M., Pekov, I.V., Belakovskiy, D.I., Vozchikova, S.A. and Britvin, S.N. (2019) Sergevanite, IMA 2019-057. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-058
Polyarsite
Na7CaMgCu2(AsO4)4F2Cl
Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°41′N, 160°14′E, 1200 m asl)
Igor V. Pekov*, Natalia V. Zubkova, Atali A. Agakhanov, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Marina F. Vigasina, Sergey N. Britvin, Anna G. Turchkova, Evgeny G. Sidorov and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
New structure type
Monoclinic: I2/m; structure determined
a = 8.4323(4), b = 10.0974(4), c = 10.7099(6) Å, β = 90.822(4)°
5.357(98), 4.218(48), 3.304(49), 3.127(68), 2.783(61), 2.757(100), 2.704(54), 2.679(61)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18-2, Moscow 119071, Russia, registration number 5417/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Agakhanov, A.A., Belakovskiy, D.I., Vigasina, M.F., Britvin, S.N., Turchkova, A.G., Sidorov, E.G. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2019) Polyarsite, IMA 2019-058. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-059
Yurgensonite
K2SnTiO2(AsO4)2
Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°41′N, 160°14′E, 1200 m asl)
Igor V. Pekov*, Natalia V. Zubkova, Atali A. Agakhanov, Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Marina F. Vigasina, Sergey N. Britvin, Anna G. Turchkova, Evgeny G. Sidorov and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
The Ti,Sn-ordered analogue of katiarsite
Orthorhombic: Pna21; structure determined
a = 13.2681(6), b = 6.6209(3), c = 10.8113(5) Å
5.930(16), 5.656(100), 3.171(50), 3.082(11), 2.861(49), 2.830(82), 2.707(17), 2.600(14)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18-2, Moscow 119071, Russia, registration number 5419/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Agakhanov, A.A., Yapaskurt, V.O., Belakovskiy, D.I., Vigasina, M.F., Britvin, S.N., Turchkova, A.G., Sidorov, E.G. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2019) Yurgensonite, IMA 2019-059. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-060
Müllerite
Pb2Fe3+(Te6+O6)Cl
Several workings on Otto Mountain, 2.5 km WNW of Baker, San Bernardino Co., California, USA: Aga mine (35°16′19″N, 116°05′42″W), Aga Pit (35°16′17″N, 116°05′39″W), SW Cut (35°16′20″N, 116°06′04″W), Bird Nest drift (35°16′36″N, 116°06′01″W), Bird Nest E3 vein (35°16′31″N, 116°05′59″W), and Library mine (35°16′42″N, 116°06′05″W)
Stuart J. Mills*, Anthony R. Kampf, Koichi Momma, Robert M. Housley and Joseph Marty
*E-mail: smills@museum.vic.gov.au
The Fe3+ analogue of backite
Trigonal: P312; structure determined
a = 5.2043(3), c = 8.963(1) Å
4.495(40), 4.009(14), 3.174(100), 2.597(54), 2.247(20), 2.009(32), 1.697(25), 1.590(31)
Cotype material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 73609 (SW Cut), 73610 (E3 vein), 73611 (Bird Nest drift) and 73612 (Aga mine), and the Museums Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne 3001, Victoria, Australia, specimen number M54913 (Aga mine)
How to cite: Mills, S.J., Kampf, A.R., Momma, K., Housley, R.M. and Marty, J. (2019) Müllerite, IMA 2019-060. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-061
Drechslerite
Tl4(Sb4–xAsx)S8 (1 < x < 2)
Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland (46°21′54″N, 8°13′15″E)
Dan Topa*, Stefan Graeser, Berthold Stoeger, Thomas Raber and Chris Stanley
*E-mail: dan.topa@nhm-wien.ac.at
Related to lorándite and weissbergite
Triclinic: P $\overline 1 $; structure determined
a = 6.041(1), b = 6.166(1), c = 11.573(2) Å, α = 100.89(3), β = 99.17(3), γ = 104.54(3)°
3.613(89), 3.605(72), 3.495(81), 2.917(77), 2.898(100), 2.773(76), 2.296(50), 2.248(66)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria, specimen number O1181 (holotype), and the Natural History Museum Basel, Augustinergasse 2, 4051 Basel, Switzerland, specimen number S209 (cotype)
How to cite: Topa, D., Graeser, S., Stoeger, B., Raber, T. and Stanley, C. (2019) Drechslerite, IMA 2019-061. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-062
Michalskiite
Fe3+1.33Cu2+2(MgFe3+)2(VO4)6
In the dump of the Lichtenberg open pit, Ronneburg mining district, Thuringia, Germany (50°51′20″N, 12°09′58″E)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Jakub Plášil, Radek Škoda and Jiří Čejka
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
Isostructural with lyonsite
Orthorhombic: Pmcn; structure determined
a = 10.2356(9), b = 17.369(2), c = 4.9406(4) Å
3.27(100), 3.20(20), 2.90(20), 2.80(15), 2.74(40), 2.52(50), 1.55(30), 1.42(25)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue number 67614
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Plášil, J., Škoda, R. and Čejka, J. (2019) Michalskiite, IMA 2019-062. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-064
Evseevite
Na2Mg(AsO4)F
Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka peninsula, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°41′N, 160°14′E, 1200 m asl)
Igor V. Pekov*, Natalia V. Zubkova, Atali A. Agakhanov, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Marina F. Vigasina, Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt, Sergey N. Britvin, Anna G. Turchkova, Evgeny G. Sidorov and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
The arsenate analogue of moraskoite
Orthorhombic: Pbcn; structure determined
a = 5.3223(1), b = 14.1255(3), c = 12.0047(3) Å
4.001(100), 3.527(31), 3.479(56), 3.041(45), 2.998(29), 2.657(44), 2.642(68), 2.613(36)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18-2, Moscow 119071, Russia, registration number 5418/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Agakhanov, A.A., Belakovskiy, D.I., Vigasina, M.F., Yapaskurt, V.O., Britvin, S.N., Turchkova, A.G., Sidorov, E.G. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2019) Evseevite, IMA 2019-064. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-065
Grokhovskyite
CuCrS2
Uakit iron meteorite (IIAB, 3.96 kg), found in 2016 in the Baunt Evenk district, Republic of Buryatia, Russia (55°29′47.50″N, 113°33′47.98″E)
Victor V. Sharygin*, Grigoriy A. Yakovlev, Yurii V. Seryotkin, Nikolai S. Karmanov, Konstantin A. Novoselov and Maxim S. Karabanalov
*E-mail: sharygin@igm.nsc.ru
Known synthetic analogue
Trigonal: R3m
a = 3.4794(8), c = 18.702(4) Å
3.117(15), 2.975(100), 2.868(69), 2.533(44), 2.347(34), 1.999(70), 1.847(50), 1.740(67)
Type material is deposited in the meteorite collections of the Central Siberian Geological Museum, V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 prospekt Akad. Koptyuga, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia, registration number 52 (meteorite Uakit)
How to cite: Sharygin, V.V., Yakovlev, G.A., Seryotkin, Y.V., Karmanov, N.S., Novoselov, K.A. and Karabanalov, M.S. (2019) Grokhovskyite, IMA 2019-065. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-068
Bennesherite
Ba2Fe2+Si2O7
In a paralava from Gurim Anticline, near Arad city, Hatrurim Complex (Mottled zone), Negev Desert, Israel (31°12.5′N, 35°15.7′E)
Arkadiusz Krzątała*, Biljana Krüger, Irina Galuskina, Yevgeny Vapnik and Evgeny Galuskin
*E-mail: arkadiusz.krzatala@gmail.com
Melilite group
Tetragonal: P $\overline 4 $21m; structure determined
a = 8.233(1), c = 5.2854(8) Å
3.913(15), 3.682(13), 3.248(39), 3.021(100), 2.604(21), 2.147(22), 1.868(15), 1.855(18)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18-2, Moscow 119071, Russia, registration number 5396/1
How to cite: Krzątała, A., Krüger, B., Galuskina, I., Vapnik, Y. and Galuskin, E. (2019) Bennesherite, IMA 2019-068. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-072
Alcantarillaite
[Fe3+0.5(H2O)4][CaAs3+2(Fe3+2.5W6+0.5)(AsO4)2O7]
Alcantarilla mine, Belalcazar, Cordoba, Andalusia, Spain
Rupert Hochleitner, Christian Rewitzer, Ian E. Grey*, Alan Riboldi-Tunnicliffe, Anthony R. Kampf, Colin M. MacRae, W. Gus Mumme, Melanie Kaliwoda, Henrik Friis and Carlos U. Martin
*E-mail: ian.grey@csiro.au
Structurally related to walentaite
Orthorhombic: Imma; structure determined
a = 24.038(8), b = 7.444(3), c = 10.387(3) Å
12.02(100), 6.343(23), 6.025(27), 4.257(17), 3.148(12), 3.016(38), 2.927(11)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogical State Collection, Theresienstrasse 41, 80333 München, Germany, collection number MSM37182 (holotype), the Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, PO Box 1172, Blindern, 0318 Oslo, Norway, collection number KNR44147 (holotype), and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue number 73568 (cotype)
How to cite: Hochleitner, R., Rewitzer, C., Grey, I.E., Riboldi-Tunnicliffe, A., Kampf, A.R., MacRae, C.M., Mumme, W.G., Kaliwoda, M., Friis, H. and Martin, C.U. (2019) Alcantarillaite, IMA 2019-072. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2018-117b
Jingsuiite
TiB2
Luobusa ophiolite, ca. 200 km ESE of Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China (29°11′N, 92°18′E, 5300 m a.s.l.)
Fahui Xiong, Xiangzhen Xu, Enrico Mugnaioli, Mauro Gemmi Richard Wirth, Edward S. Grew* and Paul T. Robinson
*E-mail: esgrew@maine.edu
Known synthetic analogue
Hexagonal: P6/mmm
a = 3.01(6), c = 3.21(6) Å
3,218(21), 2.615(60), 2.029(100), 1.609(9), 1.510(20), 1.370(11), 1.211(12), 1.101(11)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Chinese Geological Museum, No.15 Xisiyangrou Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing 100034, China, registration number M13816
How to cite: Xiong, F., Xu, X., Mugnaioli, E., Gemmi, M., Wirth, R., Grew, E.S. and Robinson, P.T. (2019) Jingsuiite, IMA 2018-117b. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER 2019
IMA No. 2019-034
Bridgesite-(Ce)
CaCe2Cu6(SO4)4(OH)12·8H2O
Tynebottom Mine, Garrigill, Cumbria, UK (54°46′16″N, 2°24′26″W)
Mike S. Rumsey*, Frank Hawthorne and John Spratt
*E-mail: m.rumsey@nhm.ac.uk
New structure type
Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined
a = 24.801(5), b = 6.352(1), c = 11.245(2) Å, β = 114.51(3)°
6.376(99), 6.131(51), 4.116(55), 3.187(65), 2.822(52), 2.764(98), 2.698(94), 2.503(41)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom, registration number BM2007,81 (holotype), BM2007,82 and BM2007,83 (cotypes)
How to cite: Rumsey, M.S., Hawthorne, F. and Spratt, J. (2019) Bridgesite-(Ce), IMA 2019-034. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-051
Jahnsite-(NaMnMn)
NaMn2+(Mn2+Fe3+)Σ2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Wiperaminga Hill West Quarry, Boolcoomatta Reserve, Olary Province, South Australia, Australia (31°57′42″S, 140°27′34″E)
Peter Elliott* and Anthony R. Kampf
*E-mail: peter.elliott@adelaide.edu.au
Jahnsite group
Monoclinic: P2/a; structure determined
a = 15.136(1), b = 7.2035(3), c = 9.9876(6) Å, β = 110.361(5)°
9.310(58), 5.035(26), 4.940(24), 4.664(25), 3.948(24), 3.551(34), 2.851(100), 2.608(27)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia, registration number G34799
How to cite: Elliott, P. and Kampf, A.R. (2019) Jahnsite-(NaMnMn), IMA 2019-051. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-054
Chiyokoite
Ca3Si(CO3){[B(OH)4]0.5(AsO3)0.5}(OH)6·12H2O
Fuka mine, Fuka, Bicchu-cho, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan (34°46′00″N, 133°25′59″E)
Inna Lykova*, Nikita V. Chukanov, Igor V. Pekov, Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt, Leonid A. Pautov, Vladimir Y. Karpenko, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Dmitry A. Varlamov, Sergey N. Britvin and Katharina S. Scheidl
*E-mail: ilykova@nature.ca
Ettringite group
Hexagonal: P63; structure determined
a = 11.0119(5), c = 10.5252(6) Å
9.53(100), 5.50(24), 4.618(11), 3.812(23), 3.412(15), 2.726(14), 2.521(19), 2.172(13)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18-2, Moscow 119071, Russia, registration number 5412/1 and the Canadian Museum of Nature, 240 McLeod Street, Ottawa, ON K2P 2R1, Canada, catalogue number CMNMC 87294
How to cite: Lykova, I., Chukanov, N.V., Pekov, I.V., Yapaskurt, V.O., Pautov, L.A., Karpenko, V.Y., Belakovskiy, D.I., Varlamov, D.A., Britvin, S.N. and Scheidl, K.S. (2019) Chiyokoite, IMA 2019-054. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-073
Jahnsite-(CaMnZn)
CaMn2+Zn2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Pegmatite mine (67 m level), Hagendorf-Süd, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany (49°39′01″N, 12°27′35″E)
Ian E. Grey*, Erich Keck, Anthony R. Kampf, Colin M. MacRae, John D. Cashion and A. Matt Glenn
*E-mail: ian.grey@csiro.au
Jahnsite group
Monoclinic: P2/a
a = 15.054(1), b = 7.1890(6), c = 10.030(2) Å, β = 111.273(7)°
9.356(40), 5.018(43), 4.677(32), 3.509(30), 3.473(24), 2.853(100), 1.961(22), 1.882(18)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Museums Victoria, PO Box 666, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia, registration number M55028 (holotype), and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA, catalogue number 73927 (cotype)
How to cite: Grey, I.E., Keck, E., Kampf, A.R., MacRae, C.M., Cashion, J.D. and Glenn, M. (2019) Jahnsite-(CaMnZn), IMA 2019-073. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-075
Suenoite
□Mn2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2
Scortico Mn ore deposit, Fivizzano, Massa Carrara, Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy (44°07′39″N, 10°07′12″E)
Cristian Biagioni*, Marco Pasero, Elena Bonaccorsi, Ulf Hålenius and Ferdinando Bosi
*E-mail: cristian.biagioni@unipi.it
Amphibole supergroup
Orthorhombic: Pnma; structure determined
a = 18.751(1), b = 18.140(1), c = 5.3173(3) Å
9.1(m), 8.4(s), 3.263(s), 3.085(vs), 2.851(m), 2.727(m), 2.615(m), 2.537(m)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Pisa, Via Roma 79, Calci (Pisa), Italy, catalogue number 19891
How to cite: Biagioni, C., Pasero, M., Bonaccorsi, E., Hålenius, U. and Bosi, F. (2019) Suenoite, IMA 2019-075. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-076
Badengzhuite
TiP
Cr-11 orebody, Luobusha ophiolite, ca. 200 km ESE of Lhasa, Tibet, China (29°11′N, 92°18′E, 5300 m asl)
Fahui Xiong, Xiangzhen Xu, Enrico Mugnaioli, Mauro Gemmi, Richard Wirth, Edward Grew* and Paul T. Robinson
*E-mail: esgrew@maine.edu
Known synthetic analogue
Hexagonal: P63/mmc; structure determined
a = 3.49(7), c = 11.76(24) Å
3.022(14), 2.927(26), 2.688(31), 2.394(100), 2.107(33), 1.856(26), 1.745(44), 1.410(11)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Chinese Geological Museum, Xisiyangrouhutong 15th, Xicheng district, Beijing, China, specimen number M13817
How to cite: Xiong, F., Xu, X., Mugnaioli, E., Gemmi, M., Wirth, R., Grew, E. and Robinson, P.T. (2019) Badengzhuite, IMA 2019-076. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-077
Zhiqinite
TiSi2
Cr-11 orebody, Luobusha ophiolite, ca. 200 km ESE of Lhasa, Tibet, China (29°11′N, 92°18′E, 5300 m asl)
Fahui Xiong, Xiangzhen Xu, Enrico Mugnaioli, Mauro Gemmi, Richard Wirth, Edward Grew* and Paul T. Robinson
*E-mail: esgrew@maine.edu
Known synthetic analogue
Orthorhombic: Fddd; structure determined
a = 8.10(16), b = 4.77(9), c = 8.52(17) Å
3.702(9), 2.935(31), 2.265(100), 2.130(43), 2.081(78), 2.055(9), 1.810(39), 1.353(9)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Chinese Geological Museum, Xisiyangrouhutong 15th, Xicheng district, Beijing, China, specimen number M13817
How to cite: Xiong, F., Xu, X., Mugnaioli, E., Gemmi, M., Wirth, R., Grew, E. and Robinson, P.T. (2019) Zhiqinite, IMA 2019-077. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-079
Bowlesite
PtSnS
Merensky Reef, Bushveld igneous complex, South Africa
Anna Vymazalová*, Federica Zaccarini, Giorgio Garuti, František Laufek, Daniela Mauro, Chris J. Stanley and Cristian Biagioni
*E-mail: anna.vymazalova@geology.cz
Isotypic with cobaltite
Orthorhombic: Pca21; structure determined
a = 6.12, b = 6.12, c = 6.10 Å
3.526(40), 3.054(47), 2.490(36), 2.159(82), 1.843(100), 1.401(64), 1.368(32), 1.367(35)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical collections of the Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK, catalogue number BM2019,11 (holotype), and the Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Pisa, Via Roma 79, Calci (Pisa), Italy, catalogue number 19909 (anthropotype)
How to cite: Vymazalová, A., Zaccarini, F., Garuti, G., Laufek, F., Mauro, D., Stanley, C.J. and Biagioni, C. (2019) Bowlesite, IMA 2019-079. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-080
Gorerite
CaAlFe3+11O19
“Olive unit”, Hatrurim Complex, Negev Desert, near Arad city, Israel (31°13′58″N, 35°16′02″E)
Evgeny V. Galuskin, Biljana Krüger, Irina O. Galuskina, Hannes Krüger, Krzysztof Nejbert, Yevgeny Vapnik and Takashi Tomizaki
*E-mail: evgeny.galuskin@us.edu.pl
Magnetoplumbite group
Hexagonal: P63/mmc; structure determined
a = 5.8532(4), c = 22.7730(2) Å
2.795(40), 2.695(100), 2.508(94), 2.306(39), 2.136(27), 1.594(31), 1.571(46), 1.398(42)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18-2, Moscow 119071, Russia, registration number 5420/1
How to cite: Galuskin, E.V., Krüger, B., Galuskina, I.O., Krüger, H., Nejbert, K., Vapnik, Y. and Tomizaki, T. (2019) Gorerite, IMA 2019-080. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2019-081
Alexkuznetsovite-(La)
La2Mn(CO3)(Si2O7)
Mochalin Log REE deposit, 14 km N of the city of Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast’, South Urals, Russia (55°48′42″N, 60°33′46″E)
Anatoly V. Kasatkin*, Natalia V. Zubkova, Igor V. Pekov, Nikita V. Chukanov, Radek Škoda, Atali A. Agakhanov, Dmitriy I. Belakovskiy and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky
*E-mail: anatoly.kasatkin@gmail.com
The La- and Mn-dominant analogue of biraite-(Ce)
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 6.5642(3), b = 6.7689(3), c = 18.721(1) Å, β = 108.684(6)°
4.595(63), 4.489(56), 4.331(62), 4.208(50), 3.171(49), 2.962(100), 2.785(76), 2.692(59)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiy Prospekt 18-2, Moscow 119071, Russia, registration number 5416/1
How to cite: Kasatkin, A.V., Zubkova, N.V., Pekov, I.V., Chukanov, N.V., Škoda, R., Agakhanov, A.A., Belakovskiy, D.I. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2019) Alexkuznetsovite-(La), IMA 2019-081. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2018-125a
Fehrite
MgCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O
Mina Casualidad, near Baños de Alhamilla, Almeria, Spain (36°57′45.53″N, 2°23′44.17″W)
Jochen Schlüter*, Thomas Malcherek, Christian Rewitzer, Rupert Hochleitner, Dirk Müller and Amanda Günther
*E-mail: Jochen.Schlueter@uni-hamburg.de
The Mg analogue of ktenasite
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 5.6062(8), b = 6.129(1), c = 23.834(3) Å, β = 95.29(1)°
11.936(100), 5.920(31), 4.845(11), 3.933(11), 2.964(10), 2.775(9), 2.659(12), 2.552(8)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogical Museum, Centrum für Naturkunde, University Hamburg, Grindelallee 48, 20146 Hamburg, Germany, catalogue No. MM1544 (holotype), and the Mineralogische Staatssammlung München, Theresienstrasse 41, 80333 München, Germany, catalogue No. MSM36473 (cotype)
How to cite: Schlüter, J., Malcherek, T., Rewitzer, C., Hochleitner, R., Müller, D. and Günther, A. (2019) Fehrite, IMA 2018-125a. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
IMA No. 2018-149a
Petrovite
Na8(NaCu)Cu2Na(SO4)8
Second scoria cone of the Northern Breakthrough of the Great Tolbachik fissure eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka, Far-Eastern Region, Russia (55°41′N, 160°14′E, 1200 m asl)
Andrey P. Shablinskii, Lidiya P. Vergasova, Stanislav K. Filatov* and Svetlana V. Moskaleva
*E-mail: filatov.stanislav@gmail.com
Chemically similar to saranchinaite
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 12.615(2), b = 9.026(1), c = 12.717(2) Å, β = 108.311(3)°
11.59(61), 7.27(38), 4.54(33), 3.88(75), 3.68(52), 3.11(36), 2.623(100), 1.931(35)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the Mineralogical Museum of Saint-Petersburg State University, University Emb. 7/9, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia, catalogue number 1/19696
How to cite: Shablinskii, A.P., Vergasova, L.P., Filatov, S.K. and Moskaleva, S.V. (2019) Petrovite, IMA 2018-149a. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine, 83, https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
NOMENCLATURE/CLASSIFICATION PROPOSALS APPROVED IN OCTOBER 2019
IMA 19-E: Revalidation of dienerite
Proposal 19-E is accepted, and the mineral dienerite is revalidated. This species shows an ideal chemical formula Ni3As, with a = 9.6206(9) Å, space group I $\overline 4 $3d. It is isotypic with domeykite, Cu3As, and the neotype sample is deposited in the collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale, Università di Firenze, Italy, under the catalogue number 3364/I.
IMA 19-F: Redefinition of coquimbite
Proposal 19-F is accepted, and coquimbite is redefined as AlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O (Z = 2). Neotype material is the sample studied by Fang and Robinson (1970) from the Tierra Amarilla (the original type locality described by Rose, 1833) and kept in the U.S. National Museum, Washington DC, USA, catalogue number 12548. In order to be compared with coquimbite, the chemical formulae of paracoquimbite and aluminocoquimbite are also redefined as Fe4(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O (Z = 6) and Al2Fe2(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O (Z = 2), respectively. Coquimbite and paracoquimbite are characterised by homeotypic structures, so they constitute the ‘coquimbite group’. Aluminocoquimbite, characterised by a different topology, does not belong to the coquimbite group.
NOMENCLATURE/CLASSIFICATION PROPOSALS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER 2019
Revision of the ideal formula of ktenasite
After the approval of fehrite, MgCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O (IMA No. 2018-125a; see above), the ideal formula of the related mineral ktenasite is modified from (Cu,Zn)5(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O to ZnCu4(SO4)2(OH)6·6H2O. This is an executive decision taken by the CNMNC.
Revision of the ideal formula of leisingite
The mineral leisingite has been always assumed to have chemical formula CuMg2Te6+O6·6H2O. A careful reading of the papers with the description of the new mineral and of its crystal structure [Mineral. Mag. 60 (1996), 653–657; Can. Mineral. 35 (1997), 759–763], made it clear that Cu is by far the dominant cation at the 2c site, whereas Mg is the dominant cation at the 1b site. Therefore the formula must be changed to Cu2MgTe6+O6·6H2O. Thanks to Owen Missen for spotting it.