New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2016
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY 2016
IMA No. 2015–089
Verbierite
BeCr3+2TiO6
Savoleyres, north of Verbier, Wallis, Switzerland
(46°06’11.16”N, 7°13’25.99”E, 1577 m asl)
Nicolas Meisser*, Remo Widmer, Thomas
Armbruster, Eric May, François Bussy, Alexey
Ulianov and Pierre-Maurice Michellod
*E-mail: nicolas.meisser@unil.ch
The Cr analogue of byrudite
Orthorhombic: Pnma; structure determined
a = 9.933(2), b = 8.458(2), c = 4.511(1) Å
4.10(20), 3.70(60), 2.54(60), 2.25(30), 1.670
(100), 1.661(60), 1.428(30), 1.351(30)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Musée Cantonal de Géologie, Lausanne,
Switzerland, registration numbers MGL 93100
and MGL 93101
How to cite: Meisser, N., Widmer, R.,
Armbruster, T., May, E., Bussy, F., Ulianov,
A. and Michellod, P.M. (2016) Verbierite, IMA
2015-089. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April
2016, page 408; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
407–413.
IMA No. 2015–100
Kannanite
Ca4Al4(MgAl)(VO4)(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(OH)6
Kannan Mountain, Ozu City, Ehime Prefecture,
Japan (33°31’02”N, 132°37’58”E)
Daisuke Nishio-Hamane* and Tetsuo Minakawa
*E-mail: hamane@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp
The Ca analogue of ardennite-(V)
Orthorhombic: Pnmm
a = 8.881(1), b = 5.992(1), c = 18.879(2) Å
4.720(34), 3.234(37), 3.001(100), 2.809(35),
2.715(66), 2.657(67), 2.531(47), 2.306(37)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the National Museum of Nature and
Science, Tsukuba, Japan, specimen number NSM
M-44527
How to cite: Nishio-Hamane, D. and Minakawa,
T. (2016) Kannanite, IMA 2015-100. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page 408;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015–102
Metathénardite
Na2SO4
Glavnaya Tenoritovaya (Major Tenorite) 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*, Vladislav V. Gurzhiy, Natalia
V. Zubkova, Atali A. Agakhanov, Dmitry
I. Belakovskiy, Marina F. Vigasina and Evgeny
G. Sidorov
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
A dimorph of thénardite
Hexagonal: P63/mmc; structure determined
a = 5.3467(9), c = 7.088(2) Å
4.667(27), 3.904(89), 3.565(33), 2.824(94),
2.686(100), 2.325(12), 2.203(10), 1.939(35)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4771/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Gurzhiy, V.V., Zubkova, N.
V., Agakhanov, A.A., Belakovskiy, D.I., Vigasina,
M.F. and Sidorov, E.G. (2016)Metathénardite, IMA
2015-102. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30,April 2016,
page 408; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-103
Hansblockite
(Cu,Hg)(Bi,Pb)Se2
El Dragón mine,Quijarro province, Potosí, Bolivia
(19°49’23.90”S, 65°55’00.60”W, 4160 m asl)
Hans-Jürgen Förster*, Luca Bindi, Christopher
J. Stanley and Günter Grundmann
*E-mail: forhj@gfz-potsdam.de
A dimorph of grundmannite
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 6.853(1), b = 7.635(2), c = 7.264(1) Å, β =
97.68(1)°
3.97(90), 3.100(40), 2.986(100), 2.808(50),
2.620(60), 2.534(25), 2.385(30), 2.290(35)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Natural History Museum,
London, catalogue number BM 2015,136
How to cite: Förster, H.-J., Bindi, L., Stanley, C.J.
and Grundmann, G. (2016) Hansblockite, IMA
2015-103. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April
2016, page 408; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
407–413.
IMA No. 2015-104
Magnesiovesuvianite
Ca19Mg(Al10Mg2)Si18O68(OH)10
Tuydo combe, near Lojane, Macedonia
Taras L. Panikorovskii*, Vladimir V. Shilovskikh,
Evgenia Y. Avdontseva, Andrey A. Zolotarev,
Vladimir Y. Karpenko, Anton S. Mazur, Victor
N. Yakovenchuk, Sergey V. Krivovichev and Igor
V. Pekov
*E-mail: taras.panikorovsky@spbu.ru
Vesuvianite group
Tetragonal: P4/n; structure determined
a =15.5363(2), c = 11.7965(3) Å
10.96(23), 3.464(22), 3.038(33), 2.740(100),
2.583(21), 2.365(94), 2.192(19), 1.616(25)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, catalogue
no. 59783
How to cite: Panikorovskii, T.L., Shilovskikh, V.
V., Avdontseva, E.Y., Zolotarev, A.A., Karpenko,
V.Y., Mazur, A.S., Yakovenchuk, V.N.,
Krivovichev, S.V. and Pekov, I.V. (2016)
Magnesiovesuvianite, IMA 2015-104. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page 409;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-105
Russoite
(NH4)ClAs2O3(H2O)0.5
“Bocca Grande” fumarole, Solfatara, Pozzuoli
(NA), Italy (40°49’41”N, 14°8’30”E)
Italo Campostrini*, Francesco Demartin and
Marco Scavini
*E-mail: italo.campostrini@unimi.it
Known synthetic analogue
Hexagonal: P622
a = 5.259(2), c = 12.590(5) Å
12.627(19), 6.324(100), 4.547(75), 4.218(47),
3.094(45), 2.627(47), 2.428(31), 1.820(28)
Type material is deposited in the Reference
Collection of the DCSSI, Università di Milano,
Via C. Golgi 19, I-20133 Milano, Italy, sample
no. 2015-01
How to cite: Campostrini, I., Demartin, F. and
Scavini, M. (2016) Russoite, IMA 2015-
105. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April
2016, page 409; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
407–413.
IMA No. 2015-106
Dioskouriite
CaCu4Cl6(OH)4·4H2O
In two active fumaroles, Glavnaya Tenoritovaya
(Major Tenorite) (holotype) and Arsenatnaya
(cotype), both at the 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, Andrey
A. Zolotarev, Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt, Sergey
V. Krivovichev, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Inna S.
Lykova, Marina F. Vigasina, Anatoly V. Kasatkin,
Evgeny G. Sidorov and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
New structure type
2M polytype – Monoclinic: P21/c; structure
determined
a = 7.2792(8), b = 10.3000(7), c = 20.758(2) Å, β
= 100.24(1)°
2O polytype – Orthorhombic: P212121; structure
determined
a = 7.3193(7), b = 10.371(1), c = 20.560(3) Å
2M polytype – 10.29(100), 5.960(22), 5.754(7),
5.492(11), 5.170(16), 5.035(13), 2.737(28),
2.417(8)
2O polytype – 10.34(100), 5.940(15), 5.754(9),
5.177(13), 5.033(10), 2.735(21), 2.524(6), 2.318(8)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4803/1
Howto cite: Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Zolotarev,
A.A., Yapaskurt, V.O., Krivovichev, S.V.,
Belakovskiy, D.I., Lykova, I.S., Vigasina, M.F.,
Kasatkin, A.V., Sidorov, E.G. and Pushcharovsky,
D.Y. (2016) Dioskouriite, IMA 2015-106.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page
409; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN MARCH 2016
IMA No. 2015-107
Zincobotryogen
ZnFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O
Xietieshan lead-zinc deposit, Qinghai Province,
China
Zhuming Yang*, Gerald Giester, Qian Mao,
Yuguang Ma, Di Zhang and He Li
*E-mail: yangzhm@mail.igcas.ac.cn
The Zn analogue of botryogen
Monoclinic: P21/n; structure determined
a = 10.504(2), b =17.801(4), c = 7.126(1) Å, β =
100.08(3)°
8.92(100), 6.32(77), 5.56(23), 5.14(45), 4.08
(22), 3.76(20), 3.21(31), 3.03(34)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Museum of the Institute of
Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, P.O.Box 9825, Beijing 100029, China,
registration number KDX067
How to cite: Yang, Z., Giester, G., Mao, Q., Ma,
Y., Zhang, D. and Li, H. (2016) Zincobotryogen,
IMA 2015-107. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30,
April 2016, page 409; Mineralogical Magazine,
80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-108
Philoxenite
(K,Na,Pb)4(Na,Ca)2(Mg,Cu)3(Fe3+0.5Al0.5)(SO4)8
Yadovitaya (Poisonous) 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
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 8.8410(3), b = 8.9971(3), c = 16.1861(5) Å,
α = 91.927(3), β = 94.516(3), γ = 90.118(3)°
5.70(18), 4.030(24), 3.146(100), 3.136(72),
2.965(36), 2.912(35), 2.834(36), 2.784(42)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4809/1
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. (2016) Philoxenite,
IMA 2015-108. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30,
April 2016, page 410; Mineralogical Magazine,
80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-109
Marcobaldiite
Pb12(Sb3As2Bi)Σ6S21
Stanzone tunnel, Pollone mine, Pietrasanta,
Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy (43°57’N, 10°16’E)
Cristian Biagioni*, Marco Pasero, Yves Moëlo,
Federica Zaccarini, Werner H. Paar and Stefano
Merlino
*E-mail: biagioni@dst.unipi.it
Jordanite homologous series
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 8.9248(9), b = 29.414(3), c = 8.5301(8) Å, α =
98.336(5), β = 118.175(5), γ = 90.856(5)°
3.568(ms), 3.202(ms), 3.016(ms), 2.885(ms),
2.233(vs), 2.125(s), 1.848(s), 1.775(vs)
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 19709
How to cite: Biagioni, C., Pasero, M., Moëlo, Y.,
Zaccarini, F., Paar, W.H. and Merlino, S. (2016)
Marcobaldiite, IMA 2015-109. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page 410;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-111
Petříčekite
CuSe2
Předbořice deposit, Central Bohemia Region,
Czech Republic (49°32.16’N, 14°13.55’E)
Luca Bindi*, Hans-Jürgen Förster, Günter
Grundmann, Frank N. Keutsch and Christopher
J. Stanley
*E-mail: luca.bindi@unifi.it
A dimorph of krut’aite
Orthorhombic: Pnnm; structure determined
a = 4.918(2), b = 6.001(2), c = 3.670(1) Å
3.135(20), 2.938(70), 2.639(100), 2.563(85),
1.935(70), 1.834(30), 1.760(25), 1.492(25)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Harvard Mineralogical & Geological Museum,
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA, reference number
MGMH#2016.01
How to cite: Bindi, L., Förster, H.-J., Grundmann,
G., Keutsch, F.N. and Stanley, C.J. (2016)
Petříčekite, IMA 2015-111. CNMNC Newsletter
No. 30, April 2016, page 410; Mineralogical
Magazine, 80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-112
Hodgesmithite
(Cu,Zn)6Zn(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O
Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, New South
Wales, Australia
Peter Elliott
*E-mail: peter.elliott@adelaide.edu.au
Closely related to schulenbergite
Trigonal: P3; structure determined
a = 8.190(1), c = 7.099(1) Å
7.098(100), 5.020(5), 3.550(19), 3.173(19),
2.681(16), 2.509(19), 2.138(6), 1.772(4)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the South Australian Museum,
Adelaide, Australia, registration number G34298
How to cite: Elliott, P. (2016) Hodgesmithite,
IMA 2015-112. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30,
April 2016, page 411; Mineralogical Magazine,
80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-113
Borisenkoite
Cu3[(V,As)O4]2
Yadovitaya (Poisonous) 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, Vasiliy
O. Yapaskurt, Yury S. Polekhovsky, Marina
F. Vigasina, Sergey N. Britvin, Anna
G. Turchkova, Evgeny G. Sidorov and Dmitry
Y. Pushcharovsky
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
The V-analogue of lammerite-β
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 6.3797(6), b = 8.6052(1), c = 11.348(1) Å, β = 91.985(8)°
4.309(48), 3.424(40), 2.994(48), 2.917(50),
2.868(72), 2.830(100), 2.782(54), 2.568(38)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4824/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V.,
Yapaskurt, V.O., Polekhovsky, Y.S., Vigasina,
M.F., Britvin, S.N., Turchkova, A.G., Sidorov, E.
G. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2016) Borisenkoite,
IMA 2015-113. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30,
April 2016, page 411; Mineralogical Magazine,
80, 411–413.
IMA No. 2015-114
Kegginite
Pb3Ca3[AsV12O40(VO)]·20H2O
Packrat mine, near Gateway, Mesa Co., Colorado,
USA (38°38’51.28”N, 109°02’49.77”W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Barbara P. Nash, Joe Marty
and John M. Hughes
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
New structure type
Trigonal: P3; structure determined
a = 14.936(5), c = 15.846(3) Å
15.846(89), 12.935(100), 10.020(43), 4.161(8),
3.499(9), 3.078(9), 2.968(10), 2.917(18)
Cotype material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Natural History Museum of
Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California,
USA, catalogue numbers 65636, 65637 and
65638
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Nash, B.P., Marty,
J. and Hughes, J.M. (2016) Kegginite, IMA
2015-114. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April
2016, page 411; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
407–413.
IMA No. 2015-115
Middlebackite
Cu2C2O4(OH)2
Iron Monarch quarry, Iron Knob, Middleback
Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
(32°44’41”S, 137°8’22”E)
Peter Elliott
*E-mail: peter.elliott@adelaide.edu.au
New structure type
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 7.268(1), b = 5.749(1), c = 5.684(1) Å,
β = 104.51(2)°
7.070(16), 3.739(100), 2.905(7), 2.860(18),
2.760(6), 2.481(12), 2.373(8), 2.350(9)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the South Australian Museum,
Adelaide, Australia, registration number G34300
How to cite: Elliott, P. (2016) Middlebackite,
IMA 2015-115. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30,
April 2016, page 411; Mineralogical Magazine,
80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-116
Spryite
Ag8(As3+0.5As5+0.5)S6
Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon district,
Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru (10°37’23”S,
76°41’18”W)
Luca Bindi*, Frank N. Keutsch and Federica
Zaccarini
*E-mail: luca.bindi@unifi.it
The As analogue of argyrodite
Orthorhombic: Pna21; structure determined
a = 14.984(4), b = 7.474(1), c = 10.571(2) Å
3.192(29), 3.056(31), 3.051(100), 2.781(29),
2.687(68), 2.604(29), 2.461(33), 1.870(37)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale,
Università di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, Florence,
Italy, catalogue number 3213/I
How to cite: Bindi, L., Keutsch, F.N. and
Zaccarini, F. (2016) Spryite, IMA 2015-116.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page
412; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-117
Zincoberaunite
ZnFe3+5(PO4)4(OH)5·6H2O
Hagendorf South granitic pegmatite, Hagendorf,
Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
(49°39’1”N, 12°27’35”E)
Nikita V. Chukanov*, Igor V. Pekov, Dmitry
I. Belakovskiy, Sergey N. Britvin and Bernhard Dünkel
*E-mail: nikchukanov@yandex.ru
The Zn analogue of beraunite
Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined
a = 20.931(9), b = 5.159(3), c = 19.225(6) Å,
β = 93.34(9)°
10.37(100), 9.58(32), 7.24(26), 4.817(22), 3.483
(14), 3.431(14), 3.194(15), 3.079(33)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4828/1
How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Pekov, I.V.,
Belakovskiy, D.I., Britvin, S.N. and Dünkel,
B. (2016) Zincoberaunite, IMA 2015-117.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page
412; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-118
Eleomelanite
(K2Pb)Cu4O2(SO4)4
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, Nikita V. Chukanov, Dmitry
I. Belakovskiy, Evgeny G. Sidorov, Sergey
N. Britvin and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
Related to wulffite and parawulffite
Monoclinic: P21/n; structure determined
a = 9.3986(3), b = 4.8911(1), c = 18.2293(5) Å,
β = 104.409(3)°
9.07(63), 7.38(44), 3.699(78), 3.658(100), 3.173
(40), 2.915(35), 2.683(36), 2.576(51)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4827/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V.,
Agakhanov, A.A., Chukanov, N.V.,
Belakovskiy, D.I., Sidorov, E.G., Britvin, S.N.
and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2016) Eleomelanite,
IMA 2015-118. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30,
April 2016, page 412; Mineralogical Magazine,
80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-119
Kalgoorlieite
As2Te3
Golden Mile gold mining district, Kalgoorlie,
Western Australia, Australia
Kirsten Rempel* and Christopher J. Stanley
*E-mail: kirsten.rempel@curtin.edu.au
Known synthetic analogue
Monoclinic: C2/m
a =14.3573(9), b = 4.0199(2), c = 9.8990(7) Å,
β = 95.107(5)°
3.025(100), 3.009(99), 2.330(46), 2.269(40),
2.001(59), 1.979(52), 1.674(35), 1.634(28)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Western Australian Museum, Perth Cultural
Centre, James Street, Perth, Western Australia
6000, Australia, catalogue numberWAMM2.2015
How to cite: Rempel, K. and Stanley, C.J. (2016)
Kalgoorlieite, IMA 2015-119. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page 412;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
NOMENCLATURE PROPOSALS APPROVED IN MARCH 2016
Nomenclature of the perovskite supergroup
A new nomenclature scheme for the perovskite
supergroup has been approved by the CNMNC.
This hierarchical scheme can be applied to
naturally-occurring oxides, fluorides, hydroxides,
chlorides, arsenides and silicates. Application of
this hierarchical scheme to naturally-occurring
minerals results in the recognition of a perovskite
supergroup which is divided into stoichiometric
and non-stoichiometric perovskite groups, with
both groups further divided into single ABX3 or
double A2BB’X6 perovskites.
16-B: Partzite (discredited)
Proposal 16-B is accepted, and partzite is
discredited. Reinvestigation of the type material
shows that it is constituted by a mixture of several
phases, which include a member of the
plumboroméite group and a chrysocolla-like
amorphous phase.
16-C: Parabariomicrolite (discredited)
Proposal 16-C is accepted, and parabariomicrolite
is discredited. It corresponds to the polytype
hydrokenomicrolite-3R.
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY 2016
IMA No. 2015–089
Verbierite
BeCr3+2TiO6
Savoleyres, north of Verbier, Wallis, Switzerland
(46°06’11.16”N, 7°13’25.99”E, 1577 m asl)
Nicolas Meisser*, Remo Widmer, Thomas
Armbruster, Eric May, François Bussy, Alexey
Ulianov and Pierre-Maurice Michellod
*E-mail: nicolas.meisser@unil.ch
The Cr analogue of byrudite
Orthorhombic: Pnma; structure determined
a = 9.933(2), b = 8.458(2), c = 4.511(1) Å
4.10(20), 3.70(60), 2.54(60), 2.25(30), 1.670
(100), 1.661(60), 1.428(30), 1.351(30)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Musée Cantonal de Géologie, Lausanne,
Switzerland, registration numbers MGL 93100
and MGL 93101
How to cite: Meisser, N., Widmer, R.,
Armbruster, T., May, E., Bussy, F., Ulianov,
A. and Michellod, P.M. (2016) Verbierite, IMA
2015-089. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April
2016, page 408; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
407–413.
IMA No. 2015–100
Kannanite
Ca4Al4(MgAl)(VO4)(SiO4)2(Si3O10)(OH)6
Kannan Mountain, Ozu City, Ehime Prefecture,
Japan (33°31’02”N, 132°37’58”E)
Daisuke Nishio-Hamane* and Tetsuo Minakawa
*E-mail: hamane@issp.u-tokyo.ac.jp
The Ca analogue of ardennite-(V)
Orthorhombic: Pnmm
a = 8.881(1), b = 5.992(1), c = 18.879(2) Å
4.720(34), 3.234(37), 3.001(100), 2.809(35),
2.715(66), 2.657(67), 2.531(47), 2.306(37)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the National Museum of Nature and
Science, Tsukuba, Japan, specimen number NSM
M-44527
How to cite: Nishio-Hamane, D. and Minakawa,
T. (2016) Kannanite, IMA 2015-100. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page 408;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015–102
Metathénardite
Na2SO4
Glavnaya Tenoritovaya (Major Tenorite) 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*, Vladislav V. Gurzhiy, Natalia
V. Zubkova, Atali A. Agakhanov, Dmitry
I. Belakovskiy, Marina F. Vigasina and Evgeny
G. Sidorov
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
A dimorph of thénardite
Hexagonal: P63/mmc; structure determined
a = 5.3467(9), c = 7.088(2) Å
4.667(27), 3.904(89), 3.565(33), 2.824(94),
2.686(100), 2.325(12), 2.203(10), 1.939(35)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4771/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Gurzhiy, V.V., Zubkova, N.
V., Agakhanov, A.A., Belakovskiy, D.I., Vigasina,
M.F. and Sidorov, E.G. (2016)Metathénardite, IMA
2015-102. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30,April 2016,
page 408; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-103
Hansblockite
(Cu,Hg)(Bi,Pb)Se2
El Dragón mine,Quijarro province, Potosí, Bolivia
(19°49’23.90”S, 65°55’00.60”W, 4160 m asl)
Hans-Jürgen Förster*, Luca Bindi, Christopher
J. Stanley and Günter Grundmann
*E-mail: forhj@gfz-potsdam.de
A dimorph of grundmannite
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 6.853(1), b = 7.635(2), c = 7.264(1) Å, β =
97.68(1)°
3.97(90), 3.100(40), 2.986(100), 2.808(50),
2.620(60), 2.534(25), 2.385(30), 2.290(35)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Natural History Museum,
London, catalogue number BM 2015,136
How to cite: Förster, H.-J., Bindi, L., Stanley, C.J.
and Grundmann, G. (2016) Hansblockite, IMA
2015-103. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April
2016, page 408; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
407–413.
IMA No. 2015-104
Magnesiovesuvianite
Ca19Mg(Al10Mg2)Si18O68(OH)10
Tuydo combe, near Lojane, Macedonia
Taras L. Panikorovskii*, Vladimir V. Shilovskikh,
Evgenia Y. Avdontseva, Andrey A. Zolotarev,
Vladimir Y. Karpenko, Anton S. Mazur, Victor
N. Yakovenchuk, Sergey V. Krivovichev and Igor
V. Pekov
*E-mail: taras.panikorovsky@spbu.ru
Vesuvianite group
Tetragonal: P4/n; structure determined
a =15.5363(2), c = 11.7965(3) Å
10.96(23), 3.464(22), 3.038(33), 2.740(100),
2.583(21), 2.365(94), 2.192(19), 1.616(25)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, catalogue
no. 59783
How to cite: Panikorovskii, T.L., Shilovskikh, V.
V., Avdontseva, E.Y., Zolotarev, A.A., Karpenko,
V.Y., Mazur, A.S., Yakovenchuk, V.N.,
Krivovichev, S.V. and Pekov, I.V. (2016)
Magnesiovesuvianite, IMA 2015-104. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page 409;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-105
Russoite
(NH4)ClAs2O3(H2O)0.5
“Bocca Grande” fumarole, Solfatara, Pozzuoli
(NA), Italy (40°49’41”N, 14°8’30”E)
Italo Campostrini*, Francesco Demartin and
Marco Scavini
*E-mail: italo.campostrini@unimi.it
Known synthetic analogue
Hexagonal: P622
a = 5.259(2), c = 12.590(5) Å
12.627(19), 6.324(100), 4.547(75), 4.218(47),
3.094(45), 2.627(47), 2.428(31), 1.820(28)
Type material is deposited in the Reference
Collection of the DCSSI, Università di Milano,
Via C. Golgi 19, I-20133 Milano, Italy, sample
no. 2015-01
How to cite: Campostrini, I., Demartin, F. and
Scavini, M. (2016) Russoite, IMA 2015-
105. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April
2016, page 409; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
407–413.
IMA No. 2015-106
Dioskouriite
CaCu4Cl6(OH)4·4H2O
In two active fumaroles, Glavnaya Tenoritovaya
(Major Tenorite) (holotype) and Arsenatnaya
(cotype), both at the 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, Andrey
A. Zolotarev, Vasiliy O. Yapaskurt, Sergey
V. Krivovichev, Dmitry I. Belakovskiy, Inna S.
Lykova, Marina F. Vigasina, Anatoly V. Kasatkin,
Evgeny G. Sidorov and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
New structure type
2M polytype – Monoclinic: P21/c; structure
determined
a = 7.2792(8), b = 10.3000(7), c = 20.758(2) Å, β
= 100.24(1)°
2O polytype – Orthorhombic: P212121; structure
determined
a = 7.3193(7), b = 10.371(1), c = 20.560(3) Å
2M polytype – 10.29(100), 5.960(22), 5.754(7),
5.492(11), 5.170(16), 5.035(13), 2.737(28),
2.417(8)
2O polytype – 10.34(100), 5.940(15), 5.754(9),
5.177(13), 5.033(10), 2.735(21), 2.524(6), 2.318(8)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4803/1
Howto cite: Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V., Zolotarev,
A.A., Yapaskurt, V.O., Krivovichev, S.V.,
Belakovskiy, D.I., Lykova, I.S., Vigasina, M.F.,
Kasatkin, A.V., Sidorov, E.G. and Pushcharovsky,
D.Y. (2016) Dioskouriite, IMA 2015-106.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page
409; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN MARCH 2016
IMA No. 2015-107
Zincobotryogen
ZnFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O
Xietieshan lead-zinc deposit, Qinghai Province,
China
Zhuming Yang*, Gerald Giester, Qian Mao,
Yuguang Ma, Di Zhang and He Li
*E-mail: yangzhm@mail.igcas.ac.cn
The Zn analogue of botryogen
Monoclinic: P21/n; structure determined
a = 10.504(2), b =17.801(4), c = 7.126(1) Å, β =
100.08(3)°
8.92(100), 6.32(77), 5.56(23), 5.14(45), 4.08
(22), 3.76(20), 3.21(31), 3.03(34)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Museum of the Institute of
Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, P.O.Box 9825, Beijing 100029, China,
registration number KDX067
How to cite: Yang, Z., Giester, G., Mao, Q., Ma,
Y., Zhang, D. and Li, H. (2016) Zincobotryogen,
IMA 2015-107. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30,
April 2016, page 409; Mineralogical Magazine,
80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-108
Philoxenite
(K,Na,Pb)4(Na,Ca)2(Mg,Cu)3(Fe3+0.5Al0.5)(SO4)8
Yadovitaya (Poisonous) 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
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 8.8410(3), b = 8.9971(3), c = 16.1861(5) Å,
α = 91.927(3), β = 94.516(3), γ = 90.118(3)°
5.70(18), 4.030(24), 3.146(100), 3.136(72),
2.965(36), 2.912(35), 2.834(36), 2.784(42)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4809/1
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. (2016) Philoxenite,
IMA 2015-108. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30,
April 2016, page 410; Mineralogical Magazine,
80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-109
Marcobaldiite
Pb12(Sb3As2Bi)Σ6S21
Stanzone tunnel, Pollone mine, Pietrasanta,
Apuan Alps, Tuscany, Italy (43°57’N, 10°16’E)
Cristian Biagioni*, Marco Pasero, Yves Moëlo,
Federica Zaccarini, Werner H. Paar and Stefano
Merlino
*E-mail: biagioni@dst.unipi.it
Jordanite homologous series
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 8.9248(9), b = 29.414(3), c = 8.5301(8) Å, α =
98.336(5), β = 118.175(5), γ = 90.856(5)°
3.568(ms), 3.202(ms), 3.016(ms), 2.885(ms),
2.233(vs), 2.125(s), 1.848(s), 1.775(vs)
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 19709
How to cite: Biagioni, C., Pasero, M., Moëlo, Y.,
Zaccarini, F., Paar, W.H. and Merlino, S. (2016)
Marcobaldiite, IMA 2015-109. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page 410;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-111
Petříčekite
CuSe2
Předbořice deposit, Central Bohemia Region,
Czech Republic (49°32.16’N, 14°13.55’E)
Luca Bindi*, Hans-Jürgen Förster, Günter
Grundmann, Frank N. Keutsch and Christopher
J. Stanley
*E-mail: luca.bindi@unifi.it
A dimorph of krut’aite
Orthorhombic: Pnnm; structure determined
a = 4.918(2), b = 6.001(2), c = 3.670(1) Å
3.135(20), 2.938(70), 2.639(100), 2.563(85),
1.935(70), 1.834(30), 1.760(25), 1.492(25)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Harvard Mineralogical & Geological Museum,
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA, reference number
MGMH#2016.01
How to cite: Bindi, L., Förster, H.-J., Grundmann,
G., Keutsch, F.N. and Stanley, C.J. (2016)
Petříčekite, IMA 2015-111. CNMNC Newsletter
No. 30, April 2016, page 410; Mineralogical
Magazine, 80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-112
Hodgesmithite
(Cu,Zn)6Zn(SO4)2(OH)10·3H2O
Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, New South
Wales, Australia
Peter Elliott
*E-mail: peter.elliott@adelaide.edu.au
Closely related to schulenbergite
Trigonal: P3; structure determined
a = 8.190(1), c = 7.099(1) Å
7.098(100), 5.020(5), 3.550(19), 3.173(19),
2.681(16), 2.509(19), 2.138(6), 1.772(4)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the South Australian Museum,
Adelaide, Australia, registration number G34298
How to cite: Elliott, P. (2016) Hodgesmithite,
IMA 2015-112. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30,
April 2016, page 411; Mineralogical Magazine,
80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-113
Borisenkoite
Cu3[(V,As)O4]2
Yadovitaya (Poisonous) 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, Vasiliy
O. Yapaskurt, Yury S. Polekhovsky, Marina
F. Vigasina, Sergey N. Britvin, Anna
G. Turchkova, Evgeny G. Sidorov and Dmitry
Y. Pushcharovsky
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
The V-analogue of lammerite-β
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 6.3797(6), b = 8.6052(1), c = 11.348(1) Å, β = 91.985(8)°
4.309(48), 3.424(40), 2.994(48), 2.917(50),
2.868(72), 2.830(100), 2.782(54), 2.568(38)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4824/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V.,
Yapaskurt, V.O., Polekhovsky, Y.S., Vigasina,
M.F., Britvin, S.N., Turchkova, A.G., Sidorov, E.
G. and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2016) Borisenkoite,
IMA 2015-113. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30,
April 2016, page 411; Mineralogical Magazine,
80, 411–413.
IMA No. 2015-114
Kegginite
Pb3Ca3[AsV12O40(VO)]·20H2O
Packrat mine, near Gateway, Mesa Co., Colorado,
USA (38°38’51.28”N, 109°02’49.77”W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Barbara P. Nash, Joe Marty
and John M. Hughes
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
New structure type
Trigonal: P3; structure determined
a = 14.936(5), c = 15.846(3) Å
15.846(89), 12.935(100), 10.020(43), 4.161(8),
3.499(9), 3.078(9), 2.968(10), 2.917(18)
Cotype material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Natural History Museum of
Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California,
USA, catalogue numbers 65636, 65637 and
65638
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Nash, B.P., Marty,
J. and Hughes, J.M. (2016) Kegginite, IMA
2015-114. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April
2016, page 411; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
407–413.
IMA No. 2015-115
Middlebackite
Cu2C2O4(OH)2
Iron Monarch quarry, Iron Knob, Middleback
Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
(32°44’41”S, 137°8’22”E)
Peter Elliott
*E-mail: peter.elliott@adelaide.edu.au
New structure type
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 7.268(1), b = 5.749(1), c = 5.684(1) Å,
β = 104.51(2)°
7.070(16), 3.739(100), 2.905(7), 2.860(18),
2.760(6), 2.481(12), 2.373(8), 2.350(9)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the South Australian Museum,
Adelaide, Australia, registration number G34300
How to cite: Elliott, P. (2016) Middlebackite,
IMA 2015-115. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30,
April 2016, page 411; Mineralogical Magazine,
80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-116
Spryite
Ag8(As3+0.5As5+0.5)S6
Uchucchacua polymetallic deposit, Oyon district,
Catajambo, Lima Department, Peru (10°37’23”S,
76°41’18”W)
Luca Bindi*, Frank N. Keutsch and Federica
Zaccarini
*E-mail: luca.bindi@unifi.it
The As analogue of argyrodite
Orthorhombic: Pna21; structure determined
a = 14.984(4), b = 7.474(1), c = 10.571(2) Å
3.192(29), 3.056(31), 3.051(100), 2.781(29),
2.687(68), 2.604(29), 2.461(33), 1.870(37)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Museo di Storia Naturale,
Università di Firenze, Via La Pira 4, Florence,
Italy, catalogue number 3213/I
How to cite: Bindi, L., Keutsch, F.N. and
Zaccarini, F. (2016) Spryite, IMA 2015-116.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page
412; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-117
Zincoberaunite
ZnFe3+5(PO4)4(OH)5·6H2O
Hagendorf South granitic pegmatite, Hagendorf,
Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
(49°39’1”N, 12°27’35”E)
Nikita V. Chukanov*, Igor V. Pekov, Dmitry
I. Belakovskiy, Sergey N. Britvin and Bernhard Dünkel
*E-mail: nikchukanov@yandex.ru
The Zn analogue of beraunite
Monoclinic: C2/c; structure determined
a = 20.931(9), b = 5.159(3), c = 19.225(6) Å,
β = 93.34(9)°
10.37(100), 9.58(32), 7.24(26), 4.817(22), 3.483
(14), 3.431(14), 3.194(15), 3.079(33)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4828/1
How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Pekov, I.V.,
Belakovskiy, D.I., Britvin, S.N. and Dünkel,
B. (2016) Zincoberaunite, IMA 2015-117.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page
412; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-118
Eleomelanite
(K2Pb)Cu4O2(SO4)4
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, Nikita V. Chukanov, Dmitry
I. Belakovskiy, Evgeny G. Sidorov, Sergey
N. Britvin and Dmitry Y. Pushcharovsky
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
Related to wulffite and parawulffite
Monoclinic: P21/n; structure determined
a = 9.3986(3), b = 4.8911(1), c = 18.2293(5) Å,
β = 104.409(3)°
9.07(63), 7.38(44), 3.699(78), 3.658(100), 3.173
(40), 2.915(35), 2.683(36), 2.576(51)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4827/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Zubkova, N.V.,
Agakhanov, A.A., Chukanov, N.V.,
Belakovskiy, D.I., Sidorov, E.G., Britvin, S.N.
and Pushcharovsky, D.Y. (2016) Eleomelanite,
IMA 2015-118. CNMNC Newsletter No. 30,
April 2016, page 412; Mineralogical Magazine,
80, 407–413.
IMA No. 2015-119
Kalgoorlieite
As2Te3
Golden Mile gold mining district, Kalgoorlie,
Western Australia, Australia
Kirsten Rempel* and Christopher J. Stanley
*E-mail: kirsten.rempel@curtin.edu.au
Known synthetic analogue
Monoclinic: C2/m
a =14.3573(9), b = 4.0199(2), c = 9.8990(7) Å,
β = 95.107(5)°
3.025(100), 3.009(99), 2.330(46), 2.269(40),
2.001(59), 1.979(52), 1.674(35), 1.634(28)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Western Australian Museum, Perth Cultural
Centre, James Street, Perth, Western Australia
6000, Australia, catalogue numberWAMM2.2015
How to cite: Rempel, K. and Stanley, C.J. (2016)
Kalgoorlieite, IMA 2015-119. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 30, April 2016, page 412;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 407–413.
NOMENCLATURE PROPOSALS APPROVED IN MARCH 2016
Nomenclature of the perovskite supergroup
A new nomenclature scheme for the perovskite
supergroup has been approved by the CNMNC.
This hierarchical scheme can be applied to
naturally-occurring oxides, fluorides, hydroxides,
chlorides, arsenides and silicates. Application of
this hierarchical scheme to naturally-occurring
minerals results in the recognition of a perovskite
supergroup which is divided into stoichiometric
and non-stoichiometric perovskite groups, with
both groups further divided into single ABX3 or
double A2BB’X6 perovskites.
16-B: Partzite (discredited)
Proposal 16-B is accepted, and partzite is
discredited. Reinvestigation of the type material
shows that it is constituted by a mixture of several
phases, which include a member of the
plumboroméite group and a chrysocolla-like
amorphous phase.
16-C: Parabariomicrolite (discredited)
Proposal 16-C is accepted, and parabariomicrolite
is discredited. It corresponds to the polytype
hydrokenomicrolite-3R.