IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)
New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015 and 2016
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN DECEMBER 2015
IMA No. 2014-111
Abellaite
NaPb2(CO3)2(OH)
Eureka mine, Castellestaó, near the village of La
Torre de Cabdella (Lleida), Catalonia, Spain (42°
23′10.12″N, 0°57′27.57″E)
Jordi Ibáñez-Insa*, Josep J. Elvira, Núria Oriols,
Xavier Llovet and Joan Viñals
*E-mail: jibanez@ictja.csic.es
Known synthetic analogue
Trigonal: P31c; structure determined
a = 5.260(2), c = 13.463(5) Å
3.364(22), 3.197(100), 2.631(73), 2.278(52),
2.247(26), 2.075(43), 2.031(95), 2.012(25)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum of Barcelona,
Barcelona, Spain, specimen number MGB 26.350
How to cite: Ibáñez-Insa, J., Elvira, J.J., Oriols, N.,
Llovet, X. and Viñals, J. (2016) Abellaite, IMA
2014-111. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February
2016, page 200; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
199–205.
IMA No. 2015-070
Mengxianminite
(Ca,Na)2Sn2(Mg,Fe)3Al8[(BO3)(BeO4)O6]2
Xianghualing skarn, Linwu County, Hunan
Province, China (25°26′N, 112°34′E)
Can Rao*, Frédéric Hatert, Fabrice Dal Bo,
Rucheng Wang, Xiangping Gu and Maxime Baijot
*E-mail: canrao@zju.edu.cn
New structure type
Orthorhombic: Fdd2; structure determined
a = 60.689(3), b = 9.907(1), c =5.740(1) Å
3.00(35), 2.931(100), 2.475(29), 2.430(30),
2.375(100), 2.028(52), 1.807(35), 1.530(98)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections of
the Geological Museum of China, No. 16,
Yangrou Hutong, Xisi, Beijing 100031, P.R. of
China, catalogue number M13293, and the
Laboratory of Mineralogy, University of Liège,
Belgium, catalogue number 20395
How to cite: Rao, C., Hatert, F., Dal Bo, F.,Wang,
R., Gu, X. and Baijot, M. (2016) Mengxianminite,
IMA 2015-070. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29,
February 2016, page 200; Mineralogical
Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-072
Wilhelmgümbelite
ZnFe2+Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O)5·2H2O
Cornelia Mine Open Cut (67 m level),
Hagendorf-Süd pegmatite, Hagendorf,
Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany (49°39′1″N, 12°27′35″E)
Ian E. Grey*, Erich Keck, Anthony R. Kampf,
Colin M. MacRae, A. Matthew Glenn and Jason R. Price
*E-mail: ian.grey@csiro.au
Related to schoonerite
Orthorhombic: Pmab; structure determined
a = 10.987(3), b = 25.378(13), c = 6.387(6) Å
12.65(100), 8.339(5), 6.421(14), 6.228(8),
5.098(5), 4.223(30), 3.166(5), 2.111(7)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Museum Victoria, Melbourne,
Australia, registration number M53512
How to cite: Grey, I.E., Keck, E., Kampf, A.R.,
MacRae, C.M., Glenn, A.M. and Price, J.R.
(2016) Wilhelmgümbelite, IMA 2015-072.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February 2016,
page 200; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015–084
Vránaite
Al16B4Si4O38
Manjaka pegmatite, Sahatany Valley pegmatite
field, 25 km SW of Antsirabe, Itremo Region,
Madagascar (20°04′35″S, 46°57′09″E)
Jan Cempírek, Edward S. Grew*, Anthony
R. Kampf, Chi Ma, Milan Novák, Petr Gadas,
Radek Škoda, Michaela Vašinová-Galiová,
Federico Pezzotta and Lee A. Groat
*E-mail: esgrew@maine.edu
Related to boralsilite and boromullite
Monoclinic: I2/m; structure determined
a = 10.3832(1), b = 5.6682(7), c = 10.823(1) Å, β = 90.11(1)°
5.40(96), 5.19(99), 4.97(74), 3.658(75), 3.403
(100), 2.496(61), 2.171(75), 1.518(61)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA,
catalogue number 65609, and the Department of
Mineralogy and Petrography, Moravian Museum,
Brno, Czech Republic, catalogue numbers
B11277 and B11278
Howto cite: Cempírek, J.,Grew, E.S.,Kampf,A.R.,
Ma, C., Novák, M., Gadas, P., Škoda, R.,
Vašinová-Galiová, M., Pezzotta, F. and Groat, L.A.
(2016) Vránaite, IMA 2015-084. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 29, February 2016, page 200;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-085
Riotintoite
Al(SO4)(OH)·3H2O
La Vendida copper mine, 3 km WNW of the
Sierra Gorda village, Antofagasta Region,
Atacama desert, Chile (22°53′30″S, 69°20′50″W)
Nikita V. Chukanov*, Sergey M. Aksenov,
Ramiza K. Rastsvetaeva, Gerhard Möhn,
Dmitriy I. Belakovskiy and Joachim A. Lorenz
*E-mail: nikchukanov@yandex.ru
New structure type
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 5.600(2), b = 7.450(3), c = 7.671(3) Å,
α = 74.785(7), β = 86.042(8), γ = 75.810(7)°
6.975(100), 4.459(40), 4.391(72), 3.766(31),
3.695(29), 3.491(24), 3.062(19), 2.552(26)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia, registration
number 4774/1
How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Aksenov, S.M.,
Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Möhn, G., Belakovskiy, D.I.
and Lorenz, J.A. (2016) Riotintoite, IMA 2015-
085. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February 2016,
page 201; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-086
Millsite
CuTeO3·2H2O
Graurdfjellet, Oppdal Kommune, Sør-Trøndelag,
Norway (62°29′11″N, 9°29′25″E)
Mike S. Rumsey*, Mark D. Welch, Frode Mo,
Annette K. Kleppe, John Spratt, Anthony
R. Kampf and Morten P. Raanes
*E-mail: m.rumsey@nhm.ac.uk
A polymorph of teineite
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 7.4049(2), b = 7.7873(2), c = 8.5217(2) Å,
β = 110.203(3)°
6.949(100), 3.554(62), 3.395(32), 3.334(40),
3.234(36), 3.173(44), 2.834(37), 2.673(61)
Cotype material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Natural History Museum,
London, UK, registration number BM 2011,243,
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, Los Angeles, California, USA,
catalogue number 66264, and the Museum
Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, catalogue
number M53498
How to cite: Rumsey, M.S.,Welch, M.D., Mo, F.,
Kleppe, A.K., Spratt, J., Kampf, A.R. and
Raanes, M.P. (2016) Millsite, IMA 2015-
086. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February
2016, page 201; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
199–205.
IMA No. 2015-087
Klaprothite
Na6(UO2)(SO4)4·4H2O
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon
District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37°33′26″N,
110°17′44″W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Jakub Plášil, Anatoly
V. Kasatkin, Joe Marty and Jiří Čejka
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
A dimorph of péligotite (IMA 2015-088)
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 9.8271(4), b = 9.7452(3), c = 20.872(1) Å,
β = 98.743(7)°
9.72(68), 7.09(97), 5.158(77), 4.330(58), 3.434
(100), 3.082(65), 3.012(61), 1.914(48)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles,
CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 65610,
65611, 65612 and 65613, and the Fersman
Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration number
4778/1
Howto cite: Kampf, A.R., Plášil, J.,Kasatkin,A.V.,
Marty, J. and Čejka, J. (2016) Klaprothite, IMA
2015-087. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February
2016, page 201; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
199–205.
IMA No. 2015-088
Péligotite
Na6(UO2)(SO4)4·4H2O
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon
District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37°33′26″N,
110°17′44″W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Jakub Plášil, Anatoly
V. Kasatkin, Joe Marty and Jiří Čejka
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
A dimorph of klaprothite (IMA 2015-087)
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 9.8151(2), b = 9.9575(2), c = 10.6289(8) Å,
α = 88.680(6), β = 73.990(5), γ = 89.205(6)°
10.19(39), 9.51(48), 7.11(100), 5.14(63),
4.54(43), 4.307(53), 3.418(73), 3.121(74)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles,
CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 65610,
65614, 65615 and 65616, and the Fersman
Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration number
4779/1
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Plášil, J., Kasatkin, A.V.,
Marty, J. and Čejka, J. (2016) Péligotite, IMA
2015-088. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February
2016, page 201; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
199–205.
IMA No. 2015-021a
Tinnunculite
C5H4N4O3·2H2O
Mt. Rasvumchorr, Khibiny Mts., Kola peninsula,
Russia (67°37′N, 33°53′E)
Igor V. Pekov*, Nikita V. Chukanov, Dmitry
I. Belakovskiy, Inna S. Lykova, Vasiliy
O. Yapaskurt, Natalia V. Zubkova, Elena
P. Shcherbakova and Sergey N. Britvin
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
Known synthetic analogue
Monoclinic: P21/c
a = 7.261(9), b = 6.365(7), c = 17.48(3) Å, β = 91.0(1)°
8.82(84), 5.97(15), 5.63(24), 4.22(22), 3.24(27),
3.18(100), 3.116(44), 2.576(14)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4695/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Chukanov, N.V.,
Belakovskiy, D.I., Lykova, I.S., Yapaskurt, V.O.,
Zubkova, N.V., Shcherbakova, E.P. and
Britvin, S.N. (2016) Tinnunculite, IMA 2015-
021a. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February
2016, page 202; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
199–205.
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN JANUARY 2016
IMA No. 2015-090
Goryainovite
Ca2(PO4)Cl
Stora Sahavaara iron-ore deposit, Norrbotten,
Sweden (67.408°N, 23.297°E)
Gregory Y. Ivanyuk*, Victor N. Yakovenchuk,
Yakov A. Pakhomovsky, Taras L. Panikorovskii,
Nataliya G. Konoplyova, Ayya V. Bazai, Vladimir
N. Bocharov, Andrei A. Antonov and Ekaterina
A. Selivanova
*E-mail: ivanyuk@geoksc.apatity.ru
Known synthetic analogue
Orthorhombic: Pbcm
a = 6.215(2), b = 7.011(2), c = 10.788(3) Å
2.845(90), 2.746(100), 2.333(25), 2.028(15),
1.957(30), 1.837(20), 1.756(15), 1.373(15)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Mineralogical Museum of the St. Petersburg State
University, Russia, catalogue no. 19650
How to cite: Ivanyuk, G.Y., Yakovenchuk, V.N.,
Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Panikorovskii, T.L.,
Konoplyova, N.G., Bazai, A.V., Bocharov, V.N.,
Antonov, A.A. and Selivanova, E.A. (2016)
Goryainovite, IMA 2015-090. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 29, February 2016, page 202;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-092
Whiteite-(MnMnMg)
Mn2+Mn2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Eastern side of the Iron Monarch Quarry (130 m
level), Iron Knob, South Australia, Australia (32°
45′S, 137°08′E)
Peter Elliott*
*E-mail: peter.elliott@adelaide.edu.au
Witheite-jahnsite group
Monoclinic: P2/a; structure determined
a =15.036(2), b = 6.9408(5), c = 9.9431(9) Å, β =110.827(8)°
9.244(100), 5.619(15), 4.930(10), 4.839(20),
4.605(10), 3.501(20), 2.899(15), 2.759(30)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the South Australian Museum,
North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia,
Australia, registration number G32398
How to cite: Elliott, P. (2016) Whiteite-
(MnMnMg), IMA 2015-092. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 29, February 2016, page 202;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-093
Ferricoronadite
Pb(Mn4+6Fe3+2)O16
About 15 km NWof the village of Nežilovo and
about 40 km SWof the city of Veles, Macedonia
(41°34′N, 21°34′E)
Nikita V. Chukanov*, Sergey M. Aksenov, Simeon
Jančev, Igor V. Pekov, Yuliya V. Nelyubina, Jörg
Göttlicher, Yury S. Polekhovsky, Vyacheslav
S. Rusakov and Konstantin V. Van
*E-mail: nikchukanov@yandex.ru
Hollandite supergroup
Tetragonal: I4/m; structure determined
a = 9.9043 (7), c = 2.8986 (9) Å
3.497(33), 3.128(100), 2.424(27), 2.214(23),
2.178(17), 1.850(15), 1.651(16), 1.554(18)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4787/1, and the National Institution
Macedonian Museum of Natural History, Skopje,
Macedonia, registration number PNMG 790
How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Aksenov, S.M.,
Jančev, S., Pekov, I.V., Nelyubina, Y.V.,
Göttlicher, J., Polekhovsky, Y.S., Rusakov, V.S.
and Van, K.V. (2016) Ferricoronadite, IMA 2015-
093. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February 2016,
page 203; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-094
Zincobriartite
Cu2(Zn,Fe)(Ge,Ga)S4
Kipushi mine (formerly known as the Prince
Léopold mine), Katanga, Democratic Republic of
Congo (11°46′10″S, 27°14′8″E)
Andrew M. McDonald*, Chris J. Stanley, Kirk
C. Ross and Fabrizio Nestola
*E-mail: amcdonald@laurentian.ca
The Zn analogue of briartite
Tetragonal: I42m; structure determined
a = 5.3433(4), c =10.5350(11) Å
3.056(100), 2.660(5), 1.869(35), 1.605(17),
1.594(10), 1.335(3), 1.214(6), 1.087(6)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United
Kingdom, catalogue number BM 1967,271
How to cite: McDonald, A.M., Stanley, C.J.,
Ross, K.C. and Nestola, F. (2016) Zincobriartite,
IMA 2015-094. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29,
February 2016, page 203; Mineralogical
Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015–095
Magnesiovoltaite
K2Mg5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O
Alcaparrosa mine, at the north side of Cerro
Alcaparrosa, about 3 km SW of the railroad
station of Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa
province, Antofagasta region, Chile
Nikita V. Chukanov*, Sergey M. Aksenov,
Ramiza K. Rastsvetaeva, Gerhard Möhn,
Vyacheslav S. Rusakov, Igor V. Pekov, Ricardo
Scholz, Tatiana A. Eremina, Dmitriy
I. Belakovskiy and Joachim A. Lorenz
*E-mail: chukanov@icp.ac.ru
Voltaite group
Cubic: Fd3c; structure determined
a = 27.161(1) Å
9.56(29), 6.77(37), 5.53(61), 3.532(68),
3.392(100), 3.034(45), 2.845(30), 2.531(24)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
numbers 4780/1 (holotype) and 4780/2
(cotype)
How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Aksenov, S.M.,
Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Möhn, G., Rusakov, V.S.,
Pekov, I.V., Scholz, R., Eremina, T.A.,
Belakovskiy, D.I. and Lorenz, J.A. (2016)
Magnesiovoltaite, IMA 2015-095. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 29, February 2016, page 203;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-096
Ferri-fluoro-katophorite
Na(NaCa)(Mg4Fe3+)(Si7Al)O22F2
Bear Lake diggings, 8.4 km W of Tory Hill,
Monmouth Township, Bancroft District, Ontario,
Canada (44°57′48″N, 78°19′6″W)
Roberta Oberti*, Massimo Boiocchi, Frank
C. Hawthorne, Neil A. Ball and Robert F. Martin
*E-mail: oberti@crystal.unipv.it
Amphibole supergroup
Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined
a = 9.887(3), b = 18.023(9), c = 5.292(2) Å,
β = 104.66(3)°
8.449(69), 3.388(74), 3.139(72), 2.739(47),
2.708(100), 2.591(53), 2.540(65), 2.165(45)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Department of Natural History,
Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, catalogue
number M57071
Howto cite: Oberti, R., Boiocchi, M., Hawthorne,
F.C., Ball, N.A. and Martin, R.F. (2016) Ferrifluoro-
katophorite, IMA 2015-096. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 29, February 2016, page 203;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-097
Alwilkinsite-(Y)
Y(UO2)3(SO4)2O(OH)3(H2O)7·7H2O
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon
District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37°33′26″N,
110°17′44″W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Jakub Plášil, Jiří Čejka,
Joe Marty, Radek Škoda and Ladislav Lapčák
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
New structure type
Orthorhombic: P212121 structure determined
a = 11.6194(5), b = 12.4250(6), c = 19.449(1) Å
9.88(100), 7.47(13), 5.621(17), 4.483(18), 3.886
(14), 3.322(46), 3.223(13), 3.145(16)
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
65629
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Plášil, J., Čejka, J.,
Marty, J., Škoda, R. and Lapčák, L. (2016)
Alwilkinsite-(Y), IMA 2015-097. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 29, February 2016, page 204;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-098
Ottohahnite
Na6(UO2)2(SO4)5(H2O)7·1.5H2O
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon
District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37°33′26″N,
110°17′44″W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Jakub Plášil, Anatoly
V. Kasatkin, Joe Marty and Jiří Čejka
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
Related to klaprothite (2015-087) and péligotite
(2015-088)
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 9.9756(2), b = 11.6741(2), c = 14.290(1) Å,
α = 113.518(8), β = 104.282(7), γ = 91.400(6)°
6.81(41), 6.21(100), 4.650(39), 3.462(52),
3.156(35), 2.977(63), 2.913(42), 1.908(35)
Coype 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
numbers 65610, 65611, 65614 and 65617, and
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia,
registration number 4782/1
Howto cite: Kampf, A.R., Plášil, J.,Kasatkin,A.V.,
Marty, J. and Čejka, J. (2016) Ottohahnite, IMA
2015-098. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February
2016, page 204; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
199–205.
IMA No. 2015-099
Écrinsite
AgTl3Pb4As11Sb9S36
Jas Roux deposit, Pelvoux Massif, Hautes-Alpes
department, France (44°48′45″N, 6°19′18″E)
Dan Topa*, Uwe Kolitsch, Emil Makovicky,
George Favreau, Chris Stanley, Vincent Bourgoin
and Jean-Claude Boulliard
*E-mail: dan.topa@nhm-wien.ac.at
Sartorite homologous series
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 8.080(2), b = 8.533(2), c = 22.613(4) Å,
α = 90.23(3), β = 97.17(3), γ = 90.83(3)°
11.22(65), 4.14(68), 3.86(61), 3.72(92),
3.56(100), 3.53(80), 2.794(65), 2.133(60)
Cotype material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Naturhistorisches Museum
Wien, Austria, catalogue number N 9870
How to cite: Topa, D., Kolitsch, U., Makovicky,
E., Favreau, G., Stanley, C., Bourgoin,
V. and Boulliard, J.-C. (2016) Écrinsite, IMA
2015-099. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February
2016, page 204; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
199–205.
IMA No. 2015-101
Marklite
Cu5(CO3)2(OH)6·6H2O
In the dumps of the Friedrich-Christian mine, ca.
5 km SW of Schapbach, Wildschapbach valley,
Black Forest Mts. (Schwarzwald), Baden-
Würtenberg, Germany (48°23′13″N, 8°16′29″E)
Jakub Plášil*, Anthony R. Kampf, Melanie
Keuper and Radek Škoda
*E-mail: plasil@fzu.cz
New structure type
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 12.137(2), b = 6.3832(6), c = 10.579(1) Å,
β = 112.42(1)°
11.23(100), 5.61(41), 5.31(32), 3.743(16),
3.054(17), 2.675(30), 2.241(27), 1.539(21)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Eberhard Karls Universität,
Tübingen, Germany, catalogue number 3586 T,
and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, Los Angeles, USA, catalogue number
65630
How to cite: Plášil, J., Kampf, A.R., Keuper, M.
and Škoda, R. (2016) Marklite, IMA 2015-101.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February 2016, page
204; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
NOMENCLATURE PROPOSALS APPROVED IN JANUARY 2016
IMA 15-H: Diomignite (discredited)
Proposal 15-H is accepted, and diomignite is
officially discredited. The original crystals in
fluid inclusions were misidentified zabuyelite.
IMA 15-L: Claringbullite (redefined) and
Fejerite (discredited)
Proposal 15-L is accepted, and claringbullite is
redefined as Cu4FCl(OH)6. Fejerite, recently
approved with IMA number 2012–014, is
consequently discredited.
New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2015 and 2016
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN DECEMBER 2015
IMA No. 2014-111
Abellaite
NaPb2(CO3)2(OH)
Eureka mine, Castellestaó, near the village of La
Torre de Cabdella (Lleida), Catalonia, Spain (42°
23′10.12″N, 0°57′27.57″E)
Jordi Ibáñez-Insa*, Josep J. Elvira, Núria Oriols,
Xavier Llovet and Joan Viñals
*E-mail: jibanez@ictja.csic.es
Known synthetic analogue
Trigonal: P31c; structure determined
a = 5.260(2), c = 13.463(5) Å
3.364(22), 3.197(100), 2.631(73), 2.278(52),
2.247(26), 2.075(43), 2.031(95), 2.012(25)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum of Barcelona,
Barcelona, Spain, specimen number MGB 26.350
How to cite: Ibáñez-Insa, J., Elvira, J.J., Oriols, N.,
Llovet, X. and Viñals, J. (2016) Abellaite, IMA
2014-111. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February
2016, page 200; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
199–205.
IMA No. 2015-070
Mengxianminite
(Ca,Na)2Sn2(Mg,Fe)3Al8[(BO3)(BeO4)O6]2
Xianghualing skarn, Linwu County, Hunan
Province, China (25°26′N, 112°34′E)
Can Rao*, Frédéric Hatert, Fabrice Dal Bo,
Rucheng Wang, Xiangping Gu and Maxime Baijot
*E-mail: canrao@zju.edu.cn
New structure type
Orthorhombic: Fdd2; structure determined
a = 60.689(3), b = 9.907(1), c =5.740(1) Å
3.00(35), 2.931(100), 2.475(29), 2.430(30),
2.375(100), 2.028(52), 1.807(35), 1.530(98)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections of
the Geological Museum of China, No. 16,
Yangrou Hutong, Xisi, Beijing 100031, P.R. of
China, catalogue number M13293, and the
Laboratory of Mineralogy, University of Liège,
Belgium, catalogue number 20395
How to cite: Rao, C., Hatert, F., Dal Bo, F.,Wang,
R., Gu, X. and Baijot, M. (2016) Mengxianminite,
IMA 2015-070. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29,
February 2016, page 200; Mineralogical
Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-072
Wilhelmgümbelite
ZnFe2+Fe3+3(PO4)3(OH)4(H2O)5·2H2O
Cornelia Mine Open Cut (67 m level),
Hagendorf-Süd pegmatite, Hagendorf,
Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany (49°39′1″N, 12°27′35″E)
Ian E. Grey*, Erich Keck, Anthony R. Kampf,
Colin M. MacRae, A. Matthew Glenn and Jason R. Price
*E-mail: ian.grey@csiro.au
Related to schoonerite
Orthorhombic: Pmab; structure determined
a = 10.987(3), b = 25.378(13), c = 6.387(6) Å
12.65(100), 8.339(5), 6.421(14), 6.228(8),
5.098(5), 4.223(30), 3.166(5), 2.111(7)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Museum Victoria, Melbourne,
Australia, registration number M53512
How to cite: Grey, I.E., Keck, E., Kampf, A.R.,
MacRae, C.M., Glenn, A.M. and Price, J.R.
(2016) Wilhelmgümbelite, IMA 2015-072.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February 2016,
page 200; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015–084
Vránaite
Al16B4Si4O38
Manjaka pegmatite, Sahatany Valley pegmatite
field, 25 km SW of Antsirabe, Itremo Region,
Madagascar (20°04′35″S, 46°57′09″E)
Jan Cempírek, Edward S. Grew*, Anthony
R. Kampf, Chi Ma, Milan Novák, Petr Gadas,
Radek Škoda, Michaela Vašinová-Galiová,
Federico Pezzotta and Lee A. Groat
*E-mail: esgrew@maine.edu
Related to boralsilite and boromullite
Monoclinic: I2/m; structure determined
a = 10.3832(1), b = 5.6682(7), c = 10.823(1) Å, β = 90.11(1)°
5.40(96), 5.19(99), 4.97(74), 3.658(75), 3.403
(100), 2.496(61), 2.171(75), 1.518(61)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Natural History Museum of Los
Angeles County, Los Angeles, California, USA,
catalogue number 65609, and the Department of
Mineralogy and Petrography, Moravian Museum,
Brno, Czech Republic, catalogue numbers
B11277 and B11278
Howto cite: Cempírek, J.,Grew, E.S.,Kampf,A.R.,
Ma, C., Novák, M., Gadas, P., Škoda, R.,
Vašinová-Galiová, M., Pezzotta, F. and Groat, L.A.
(2016) Vránaite, IMA 2015-084. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 29, February 2016, page 200;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-085
Riotintoite
Al(SO4)(OH)·3H2O
La Vendida copper mine, 3 km WNW of the
Sierra Gorda village, Antofagasta Region,
Atacama desert, Chile (22°53′30″S, 69°20′50″W)
Nikita V. Chukanov*, Sergey M. Aksenov,
Ramiza K. Rastsvetaeva, Gerhard Möhn,
Dmitriy I. Belakovskiy and Joachim A. Lorenz
*E-mail: nikchukanov@yandex.ru
New structure type
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 5.600(2), b = 7.450(3), c = 7.671(3) Å,
α = 74.785(7), β = 86.042(8), γ = 75.810(7)°
6.975(100), 4.459(40), 4.391(72), 3.766(31),
3.695(29), 3.491(24), 3.062(19), 2.552(26)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia, registration
number 4774/1
How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Aksenov, S.M.,
Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Möhn, G., Belakovskiy, D.I.
and Lorenz, J.A. (2016) Riotintoite, IMA 2015-
085. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February 2016,
page 201; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-086
Millsite
CuTeO3·2H2O
Graurdfjellet, Oppdal Kommune, Sør-Trøndelag,
Norway (62°29′11″N, 9°29′25″E)
Mike S. Rumsey*, Mark D. Welch, Frode Mo,
Annette K. Kleppe, John Spratt, Anthony
R. Kampf and Morten P. Raanes
*E-mail: m.rumsey@nhm.ac.uk
A polymorph of teineite
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 7.4049(2), b = 7.7873(2), c = 8.5217(2) Å,
β = 110.203(3)°
6.949(100), 3.554(62), 3.395(32), 3.334(40),
3.234(36), 3.173(44), 2.834(37), 2.673(61)
Cotype material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Natural History Museum,
London, UK, registration number BM 2011,243,
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, Los Angeles, California, USA,
catalogue number 66264, and the Museum
Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, catalogue
number M53498
How to cite: Rumsey, M.S.,Welch, M.D., Mo, F.,
Kleppe, A.K., Spratt, J., Kampf, A.R. and
Raanes, M.P. (2016) Millsite, IMA 2015-
086. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February
2016, page 201; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
199–205.
IMA No. 2015-087
Klaprothite
Na6(UO2)(SO4)4·4H2O
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon
District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37°33′26″N,
110°17′44″W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Jakub Plášil, Anatoly
V. Kasatkin, Joe Marty and Jiří Čejka
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
A dimorph of péligotite (IMA 2015-088)
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 9.8271(4), b = 9.7452(3), c = 20.872(1) Å,
β = 98.743(7)°
9.72(68), 7.09(97), 5.158(77), 4.330(58), 3.434
(100), 3.082(65), 3.012(61), 1.914(48)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles,
CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 65610,
65611, 65612 and 65613, and the Fersman
Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration number
4778/1
Howto cite: Kampf, A.R., Plášil, J.,Kasatkin,A.V.,
Marty, J. and Čejka, J. (2016) Klaprothite, IMA
2015-087. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February
2016, page 201; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
199–205.
IMA No. 2015-088
Péligotite
Na6(UO2)(SO4)4·4H2O
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon
District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37°33′26″N,
110°17′44″W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Jakub Plášil, Anatoly
V. Kasatkin, Joe Marty and Jiří Čejka
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
A dimorph of klaprothite (IMA 2015-087)
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 9.8151(2), b = 9.9575(2), c = 10.6289(8) Å,
α = 88.680(6), β = 73.990(5), γ = 89.205(6)°
10.19(39), 9.51(48), 7.11(100), 5.14(63),
4.54(43), 4.307(53), 3.418(73), 3.121(74)
Cotype material is deposited in the collections of
the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles,
CA 90007, USA, catalogue numbers 65610,
65614, 65615 and 65616, and the Fersman
Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration number
4779/1
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Plášil, J., Kasatkin, A.V.,
Marty, J. and Čejka, J. (2016) Péligotite, IMA
2015-088. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February
2016, page 201; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
199–205.
IMA No. 2015-021a
Tinnunculite
C5H4N4O3·2H2O
Mt. Rasvumchorr, Khibiny Mts., Kola peninsula,
Russia (67°37′N, 33°53′E)
Igor V. Pekov*, Nikita V. Chukanov, Dmitry
I. Belakovskiy, Inna S. Lykova, Vasiliy
O. Yapaskurt, Natalia V. Zubkova, Elena
P. Shcherbakova and Sergey N. Britvin
*E-mail: igorpekov@mail.ru
Known synthetic analogue
Monoclinic: P21/c
a = 7.261(9), b = 6.365(7), c = 17.48(3) Å, β = 91.0(1)°
8.82(84), 5.97(15), 5.63(24), 4.22(22), 3.24(27),
3.18(100), 3.116(44), 2.576(14)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4695/1
How to cite: Pekov, I.V., Chukanov, N.V.,
Belakovskiy, D.I., Lykova, I.S., Yapaskurt, V.O.,
Zubkova, N.V., Shcherbakova, E.P. and
Britvin, S.N. (2016) Tinnunculite, IMA 2015-
021a. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February
2016, page 202; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
199–205.
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN JANUARY 2016
IMA No. 2015-090
Goryainovite
Ca2(PO4)Cl
Stora Sahavaara iron-ore deposit, Norrbotten,
Sweden (67.408°N, 23.297°E)
Gregory Y. Ivanyuk*, Victor N. Yakovenchuk,
Yakov A. Pakhomovsky, Taras L. Panikorovskii,
Nataliya G. Konoplyova, Ayya V. Bazai, Vladimir
N. Bocharov, Andrei A. Antonov and Ekaterina
A. Selivanova
*E-mail: ivanyuk@geoksc.apatity.ru
Known synthetic analogue
Orthorhombic: Pbcm
a = 6.215(2), b = 7.011(2), c = 10.788(3) Å
2.845(90), 2.746(100), 2.333(25), 2.028(15),
1.957(30), 1.837(20), 1.756(15), 1.373(15)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Mineralogical Museum of the St. Petersburg State
University, Russia, catalogue no. 19650
How to cite: Ivanyuk, G.Y., Yakovenchuk, V.N.,
Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Panikorovskii, T.L.,
Konoplyova, N.G., Bazai, A.V., Bocharov, V.N.,
Antonov, A.A. and Selivanova, E.A. (2016)
Goryainovite, IMA 2015-090. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 29, February 2016, page 202;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-092
Whiteite-(MnMnMg)
Mn2+Mn2+Mg2Al2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O
Eastern side of the Iron Monarch Quarry (130 m
level), Iron Knob, South Australia, Australia (32°
45′S, 137°08′E)
Peter Elliott*
*E-mail: peter.elliott@adelaide.edu.au
Witheite-jahnsite group
Monoclinic: P2/a; structure determined
a =15.036(2), b = 6.9408(5), c = 9.9431(9) Å, β =110.827(8)°
9.244(100), 5.619(15), 4.930(10), 4.839(20),
4.605(10), 3.501(20), 2.899(15), 2.759(30)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the South Australian Museum,
North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia,
Australia, registration number G32398
How to cite: Elliott, P. (2016) Whiteite-
(MnMnMg), IMA 2015-092. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 29, February 2016, page 202;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-093
Ferricoronadite
Pb(Mn4+6Fe3+2)O16
About 15 km NWof the village of Nežilovo and
about 40 km SWof the city of Veles, Macedonia
(41°34′N, 21°34′E)
Nikita V. Chukanov*, Sergey M. Aksenov, Simeon
Jančev, Igor V. Pekov, Yuliya V. Nelyubina, Jörg
Göttlicher, Yury S. Polekhovsky, Vyacheslav
S. Rusakov and Konstantin V. Van
*E-mail: nikchukanov@yandex.ru
Hollandite supergroup
Tetragonal: I4/m; structure determined
a = 9.9043 (7), c = 2.8986 (9) Å
3.497(33), 3.128(100), 2.424(27), 2.214(23),
2.178(17), 1.850(15), 1.651(16), 1.554(18)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
number 4787/1, and the National Institution
Macedonian Museum of Natural History, Skopje,
Macedonia, registration number PNMG 790
How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Aksenov, S.M.,
Jančev, S., Pekov, I.V., Nelyubina, Y.V.,
Göttlicher, J., Polekhovsky, Y.S., Rusakov, V.S.
and Van, K.V. (2016) Ferricoronadite, IMA 2015-
093. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February 2016,
page 203; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-094
Zincobriartite
Cu2(Zn,Fe)(Ge,Ga)S4
Kipushi mine (formerly known as the Prince
Léopold mine), Katanga, Democratic Republic of
Congo (11°46′10″S, 27°14′8″E)
Andrew M. McDonald*, Chris J. Stanley, Kirk
C. Ross and Fabrizio Nestola
*E-mail: amcdonald@laurentian.ca
The Zn analogue of briartite
Tetragonal: I42m; structure determined
a = 5.3433(4), c =10.5350(11) Å
3.056(100), 2.660(5), 1.869(35), 1.605(17),
1.594(10), 1.335(3), 1.214(6), 1.087(6)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United
Kingdom, catalogue number BM 1967,271
How to cite: McDonald, A.M., Stanley, C.J.,
Ross, K.C. and Nestola, F. (2016) Zincobriartite,
IMA 2015-094. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29,
February 2016, page 203; Mineralogical
Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015–095
Magnesiovoltaite
K2Mg5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O
Alcaparrosa mine, at the north side of Cerro
Alcaparrosa, about 3 km SW of the railroad
station of Cerritos Bayos, Calama, El Loa
province, Antofagasta region, Chile
Nikita V. Chukanov*, Sergey M. Aksenov,
Ramiza K. Rastsvetaeva, Gerhard Möhn,
Vyacheslav S. Rusakov, Igor V. Pekov, Ricardo
Scholz, Tatiana A. Eremina, Dmitriy
I. Belakovskiy and Joachim A. Lorenz
*E-mail: chukanov@icp.ac.ru
Voltaite group
Cubic: Fd3c; structure determined
a = 27.161(1) Å
9.56(29), 6.77(37), 5.53(61), 3.532(68),
3.392(100), 3.034(45), 2.845(30), 2.531(24)
Type material is deposited in the collections of the
Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, registration
numbers 4780/1 (holotype) and 4780/2
(cotype)
How to cite: Chukanov, N.V., Aksenov, S.M.,
Rastsvetaeva, R.K., Möhn, G., Rusakov, V.S.,
Pekov, I.V., Scholz, R., Eremina, T.A.,
Belakovskiy, D.I. and Lorenz, J.A. (2016)
Magnesiovoltaite, IMA 2015-095. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 29, February 2016, page 203;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-096
Ferri-fluoro-katophorite
Na(NaCa)(Mg4Fe3+)(Si7Al)O22F2
Bear Lake diggings, 8.4 km W of Tory Hill,
Monmouth Township, Bancroft District, Ontario,
Canada (44°57′48″N, 78°19′6″W)
Roberta Oberti*, Massimo Boiocchi, Frank
C. Hawthorne, Neil A. Ball and Robert F. Martin
*E-mail: oberti@crystal.unipv.it
Amphibole supergroup
Monoclinic: C2/m; structure determined
a = 9.887(3), b = 18.023(9), c = 5.292(2) Å,
β = 104.66(3)°
8.449(69), 3.388(74), 3.139(72), 2.739(47),
2.708(100), 2.591(53), 2.540(65), 2.165(45)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Department of Natural History,
Royal Ontario Museum, Canada, catalogue
number M57071
Howto cite: Oberti, R., Boiocchi, M., Hawthorne,
F.C., Ball, N.A. and Martin, R.F. (2016) Ferrifluoro-
katophorite, IMA 2015-096. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 29, February 2016, page 203;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-097
Alwilkinsite-(Y)
Y(UO2)3(SO4)2O(OH)3(H2O)7·7H2O
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon
District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37°33′26″N,
110°17′44″W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Jakub Plášil, Jiří Čejka,
Joe Marty, Radek Škoda and Ladislav Lapčák
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
New structure type
Orthorhombic: P212121 structure determined
a = 11.6194(5), b = 12.4250(6), c = 19.449(1) Å
9.88(100), 7.47(13), 5.621(17), 4.483(18), 3.886
(14), 3.322(46), 3.223(13), 3.145(16)
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
65629
How to cite: Kampf, A.R., Plášil, J., Čejka, J.,
Marty, J., Škoda, R. and Lapčák, L. (2016)
Alwilkinsite-(Y), IMA 2015-097. CNMNC
Newsletter No. 29, February 2016, page 204;
Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
IMA No. 2015-098
Ottohahnite
Na6(UO2)2(SO4)5(H2O)7·1.5H2O
Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon
District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA (37°33′26″N,
110°17′44″W)
Anthony R. Kampf*, Jakub Plášil, Anatoly
V. Kasatkin, Joe Marty and Jiří Čejka
*E-mail: akampf@nhm.org
Related to klaprothite (2015-087) and péligotite
(2015-088)
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 9.9756(2), b = 11.6741(2), c = 14.290(1) Å,
α = 113.518(8), β = 104.282(7), γ = 91.400(6)°
6.81(41), 6.21(100), 4.650(39), 3.462(52),
3.156(35), 2.977(63), 2.913(42), 1.908(35)
Coype 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
numbers 65610, 65611, 65614 and 65617, and
the Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia,
registration number 4782/1
Howto cite: Kampf, A.R., Plášil, J.,Kasatkin,A.V.,
Marty, J. and Čejka, J. (2016) Ottohahnite, IMA
2015-098. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February
2016, page 204; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
199–205.
IMA No. 2015-099
Écrinsite
AgTl3Pb4As11Sb9S36
Jas Roux deposit, Pelvoux Massif, Hautes-Alpes
department, France (44°48′45″N, 6°19′18″E)
Dan Topa*, Uwe Kolitsch, Emil Makovicky,
George Favreau, Chris Stanley, Vincent Bourgoin
and Jean-Claude Boulliard
*E-mail: dan.topa@nhm-wien.ac.at
Sartorite homologous series
Triclinic: P1; structure determined
a = 8.080(2), b = 8.533(2), c = 22.613(4) Å,
α = 90.23(3), β = 97.17(3), γ = 90.83(3)°
11.22(65), 4.14(68), 3.86(61), 3.72(92),
3.56(100), 3.53(80), 2.794(65), 2.133(60)
Cotype material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Naturhistorisches Museum
Wien, Austria, catalogue number N 9870
How to cite: Topa, D., Kolitsch, U., Makovicky,
E., Favreau, G., Stanley, C., Bourgoin,
V. and Boulliard, J.-C. (2016) Écrinsite, IMA
2015-099. CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February
2016, page 204; Mineralogical Magazine, 80,
199–205.
IMA No. 2015-101
Marklite
Cu5(CO3)2(OH)6·6H2O
In the dumps of the Friedrich-Christian mine, ca.
5 km SW of Schapbach, Wildschapbach valley,
Black Forest Mts. (Schwarzwald), Baden-
Würtenberg, Germany (48°23′13″N, 8°16′29″E)
Jakub Plášil*, Anthony R. Kampf, Melanie
Keuper and Radek Škoda
*E-mail: plasil@fzu.cz
New structure type
Monoclinic: P21/c; structure determined
a = 12.137(2), b = 6.3832(6), c = 10.579(1) Å,
β = 112.42(1)°
11.23(100), 5.61(41), 5.31(32), 3.743(16),
3.054(17), 2.675(30), 2.241(27), 1.539(21)
Type material is deposited in the mineralogical
collections of the Eberhard Karls Universität,
Tübingen, Germany, catalogue number 3586 T,
and the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County, Los Angeles, USA, catalogue number
65630
How to cite: Plášil, J., Kampf, A.R., Keuper, M.
and Škoda, R. (2016) Marklite, IMA 2015-101.
CNMNC Newsletter No. 29, February 2016, page
204; Mineralogical Magazine, 80, 199–205.
NOMENCLATURE PROPOSALS APPROVED IN JANUARY 2016
IMA 15-H: Diomignite (discredited)
Proposal 15-H is accepted, and diomignite is
officially discredited. The original crystals in
fluid inclusions were misidentified zabuyelite.
IMA 15-L: Claringbullite (redefined) and
Fejerite (discredited)
Proposal 15-L is accepted, and claringbullite is
redefined as Cu4FCl(OH)6. Fejerite, recently
approved with IMA number 2012–014, is
consequently discredited.