IMA 2017-009b = laverovite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Sokolova E., Day M.C., Hawthorne F.C., Kasatkin A.V., Downs R.A., Horváth L., Pfenninger-Horváth E. (2019): Laverovite, K2NaMn7Zr2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F, a New Astrophyllite-supergroup Mineral...
View ArticleIMA 2015-092 = whiteite-(MnMnMg) (no replies)
Reference:▪ Elliott, P. & Willis, A.C. (2019): Whiteite-(MnMnMg), a New Jahnsite-Group Mineral from Iron Monarch, South Australia: Description and Crystal Structure. Canadian Mineralogist, 57,...
View ArticleIMA 2018-096 = jahnsite-(MnMnFe) (no replies)
Reference;▪ Vignola, P., Hatert, F., Rotiroti, N., Nestola, F., Risplendente, A., Vanini, F. (2019): Jahnsite-(MnMnFe), Mn2+Mn2+Fe2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O, a New Phosphate Mineral from the Malpensata...
View ArticleIMA 2018-024 / 2018-036 = pandoraite-Ba / pandoraite-Ca (no replies)
Reference:▪ Kampf, A.R., Hughes, J.M., Nash, B.P., Marty, J. (2019): Pandoraite-Ba and Pandoraite-Ca, Ba(V4+5V5+2)O16·3H2O and Ca(V4+5V5+2)O16·3H2O, Two New Vanadium Oxide Bronze Minerals in Solid...
View ArticleNew mineral proposals approved by IMA CNMNC in February and March 2019 (5...
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY 2019 IMA No. 2018-131 Kollerite (NH4)2Fe3+(SO3)2(OH)·H2O In a coal open pit near Köves Hill, Pécs-Vasas, Mecsek Mts., Hungary (46.16°N, 18.32°E) Béla Fehér*,...
View ArticleIMA 2016-051 = chirvinskyite (1 reply)
Reference:▪ Yakovenchuk, V.N., Pakhomovsky, Y.A., Panikorovskii, T.L., Zolotarev, A.A., Mikhailova, J.A., Bocharov, V.N., Krivovichev, S.V., Ivanyuk, G.Yu. (2019): Chirvinskyite,...
View ArticleIMA 2013-107 = zuktamrurite (2 replies)
Reference:▪ Britvin, S.N., Murasko, M.N., Vapnik, Y., Polekhovsky, Y.S., Krivovichev, S.V., Vereshchagin, O.S., Vlasenko, N.S., Shilovskikh, V.V., Zaitsev, A.N. (2019): Zuktamrurite, FeP2, a new...
View ArticleIMA 2018-039 = meyrowitzite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Kampf, A.R., Plášil, J., Olds, T.A., Nash, B.P., Marty, J., Belkin, H.E. (2019): Meyrowitzite, Ca(UO2)(CO3)2·5H2O, a new mineral with a novel uranyl-carbonate sheet. American Mineralogist,...
View ArticleDiscovery of the first natural hydride (8 replies)
Reference:▪ Bindi, L., Cámara, F., Griffin, W.L., Huang, J.-X., Gain, S.E.M., Toledo, V., O’Reilly, S. (2019): Discovery of the first natural hydride. American Mineralogist, 104, 611–614. Abstract:...
View ArticleIMA 2018-156 = tsikourasite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Zaccarini, F., Bindi, L., Ifandi, E., Grammatikopoulos, T., Stanley, C., Garuti, G., Mauro, D. (2019): Tsikourasite, Mo3Ni2P1+x (x < 0.25), a New Phosphide from the Chromitite of the...
View ArticleIMA 2016-102 = giftgrubeite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Meisser, N., Plášil, J., Brunsperger, T., Lheur, C., Škoda, R. (2019): Giftgrubeite, CaMn2Ca2(AsO4)2(AsO3OH)2·4H2O, a new member of the hureaulite group from Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines,...
View ArticleIMA 2018-029 = gaildunningite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Hawthorne, F.C., Cooper, M.A., Roberts, A.C., Stanley, C.J., Spratt, J., Christy, A.G. (2019): Gaildunningite, ideally Hg2+3[NHg2+2]18(Cl,I)24, a new mineral from the Clear Creek mine, San...
View ArticleIMA 2017-118 = jahnsite-(MnMnMg) (1 reply)
Reference:▪ Vignola, P., Hatert, F., Baijot, M., Rotiroti, N., Risplendente, A., Varvello, S. (2019): Jahnsite-(MnMnMg), Mn2+Mn2+Mg2+2Fe3+2(PO4)4(OH)2·8H2O, a New Phosphate Mineral Species from...
View ArticleNew mineral luxembourgite (2 replies)
http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/luxembourg/story/appelez-la-agcupbbi4se-ou-luxembourgite-14775538The journalist apparently didn't check the charge balance ;-)
View ArticleNew minerals and nomenclature approved by IMA CNMNC in April and May 2019 (4...
NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED IN APRIL 2019 IMA No. 2018-141 Andymcdonaldite Fe2TeO6 Wildcat prospect, NW portion of the Detroit District, Juab Co., Utah, USA Mati Raudsepp*, Mark F. Coolbaugh, John...
View ArticleIMA 2018-007 = dalnegorskite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Shchipalkina, N.V., Pekov, I.V., Ksenofontov, D.A., Chukanov, N.V., Belakovskiy, D.I., Koshlyakova, N.N. (2019): Dalnegorskite, Ca5Mn(Si3O9)2, a new pyroxenoid of the bustamite structure...
View ArticleIMA 2017-035 = feynmanite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Kampf, A.R., Olds, T.A., Plášil, J., Marty, J., Perry, S.N. (2019): Feynmanite, a new sodium-uranyl-sulfate mineral from Red Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, USA. Mineralogical Magazine, 83,...
View ArticleIMA 2017-012 = schmidite / IMA 2017-058 = wildenauerite (2 replies)
Reference:▪ Grey, I.E., Keck, E., Kampf, A.R., Cashion, J.D., Macrae, C.M., Glenn, A.M., Gozukara, Y. (2019): Schmidite and wildenauerite, two new schoonerite-group minerals from the Hagendorf Süd...
View ArticleIMA 2017-060 = novograblenovite (2 replies)
Reference:▪ Okrugin, V.M., Kudaeva, S.S., Karimova, O.V., Yakubovich, O.V., Belakovskiy, D.I., Chukanov, N.V., Zolotarev, A.A., Gurzhiy, V.V., Zinovieva, N.G., Shiryaev, A.A., Kartashov, P.M. (2019):...
View ArticleIMA 2014-083 = agmantinite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Keutsch, F.N., Topa, D., Takagi Fredrickson, R., Makovicky, E., Paar, W.H. (2019): Agmantinite, Ag2MnSnS4, a new mineral with a wurtzite derivative structure from the Uchucchacua...
View ArticleIMA 2016-071a = brandãoite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Menezes Filho, L.A.D., Chaves, M.L.S.C., Cooper, M.A., Ball, N.A., Abdu, Y.A., Sharpe, R., Day, M.C., Hawthorne, F.C. (2019): Brandãoite, [BeAl2(PO4)2(OH)2(H2O)4](H2O), a new...
View ArticleIMA 2014-110 = tsangpoite / IMA 2015-121 = matyhite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Hwang, S.-L., Shen, P., Chu, H.-T., Yui, T.-F., Varela, M.-E., Iizuka, Y. (2019): New minerals tsangpoite Ca5(PO4)2(SiO4) and matyhite Ca9(Ca0.5□0.5)Fe(PO4)7 from angrite D'Orbigny....
View ArticleIMA 2017-028 = manganiakasakaite-(La) / IMA 2018-087 = ferriakasakaite-(Ce)...
Reference:▪ Biagioni, C., Bonazzi, P., Pasero, M., Zaccarini, F., Balestra, C., Bracco, R., Ciriotti, M.E. (2019): Manganiakasakaite-(La) and Ferriakasakaite-(Ce), Two New Epidote Supergroup Minerals...
View ArticleIMA 2018-124 = orthocuproplatinum (no replies)
Reference: ▪ Cabral, A.R., Skála, R., Vymazalová, A., Maixner, J., Stanley, C.J., Lehmann, B., Jedwab, J. (2019): Orthocuproplatinum, Pt3Cu, a new mineral from the Lubero region, North Kivu, Democratic...
View ArticleIMA 2016-089 = fluorbarytolamprophyllite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Filina, M.I., Aksenov, S.M., Sorokhtina, N.V., Chukanov, N.V., Kononkova, N.N., Belakovskiy, D.I., Britvin, S.N., Kogarko, L.N., Chervonnyi, A.D., Rastsvetaeva, R.K. (2019): The new mineral...
View ArticleIMA 2018-028 = lepageite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Piecza, A., Cooper, M.A., Hawthorne, F.C. (2019): Lepageite, Mn32+(Fe73+Fe42+)O3[Sb53+As83+O34], a new arsenite-antimonite mineral from the Szklary pegmatite, Lower Silesia, Poland....
View ArticleIMA 2018-009 = phoxite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Kampf, A.R., Celestian, A.J., Nash, B.P., Marty, J. (2019): Phoxite, (NH4)2Mg2(C2O4)(PO3OH)2(H2O)4, the first phosphate-oxalate mineral. American Mineralogist, 104, 973–979. Abstract:...
View ArticleIMA 2015-009 = meieranite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Yang, H., Gu, X., Downs, R.T., Evans, S.H., Van Nieuwenhuizen, J.J., Lavinsky, R.M., Xie, X. (2019): Meieranite, Na2Sr3MgSi6O17, a New Mineral from the Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese...
View ArticleIMA 2015-122 = huenite (no replies)
Reference:▪ Vignola, P., Rotiroti, N., Gatta, G.D., Risplendente, A., Hatert, F., Bersani, D., Mattioli, V. (2019): Huenite, Cu4Mo3O12(OH)2, a New Copper-molybdenum Oxy-hydroxide Mineral from the San...
View ArticleNew Minerals approved by IMA CNMNC in June and July 2019 (no replies)
[b]IMA Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) NEWSLETTER 50[/b][b][u]New minerals and nomenclature modifications approved in 2019[/u][/b][b]NEW MINERAL PROPOSALS APPROVED...
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